Women’s rights in Africa

Witness History. Egypt criminalises sexual harassment. Audio, 11 minutesWitness History

Witness History. Reforming Egypt’s divorce laws. Audio, 11 minutesWitness History

'I felt an unspoken pressure to smile' - Kenyan women in the workplace

What in the World. Wafcon: How women’s football is changing in Africa. Audio, 11 minutesWhat in the World

Wig ban only lasts a day in Senegal theatre after backlash

The footballer defying grief to serve her country

'No-bra, no-exam' rule at Nigerian university sparks outrage

The women at the centre of Somalia's construction boom

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa

'Double patriarchy': doctor has South Africa talking about financial abuse

No wigs please - the new rules shaking up beauty pageants

Zambians protest over heinous child rape reports

'Nigerian Senate is run like a cult', suspended MP tells BBC

Nigerian senator suspended after making sexual harassment claims

Kenyan man allegedly caught carrying wife's body parts in backpack

Backlash over photos of Somali men at UN women’s conference

Chris Brown concert shines spotlight on violence against women in South Africa

Nigerian soldier dismissed after alleging rape hits out

Sigh of relief for Ghana's (not-so) new gender equality law

'I can't sleep': What an athlete’s murder tells us about women’s safety in Kenya

Thousands mourn Ugandan Olympian killed by ex-partner

Outcry at sentence for man who raped and killed girl of 7

Inside the beauty pageant in one of the world’s worst places to be a woman