The police have denied opposition accusations that protesters were sexually abused in custody.

The protests are funded by foreigners and are not about corruption, Uganda’s president told the nation.

Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon and Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay are among six African athletes to keep an eye on at Paris 2024.

A year on from the coup ousted President Mohamed Bazoum may face treason charges, his lawyers.

A year on since the military took power in Niger, the BBC looks at the changes the junta has overseen.

Thousands of athletes are bidding for medals at the Olympics, but how does it feel to miss out on appearing at Paris 2024?

Sudan’s agriculture minister said there is no famine in the country.

African heavyweight champion Adam Olaore is following a similar path to Anthony Joshua as he seeks to make history for Nigeria.

Emilio Nsue and the Equatoguinean Football Federation appeal Fifa’s ruling that the player has never been eligible to represent the African nation.

Guntila Muleya had only been the head of the Independent Broadcasting Authority for three months.

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday nominated four members of the main opposition party to a “broad-based” cabinet he promised in response to nationwide protests, but activists criticised the new government as a corrupt bar

The opposition has been given key portfolios, as the president tries to quell anti-government protests.

African fencing champion Alexandra Ndolo is hoping to win a historic gold in Paris while inspiring in other ways too.

Nigeria and Zambia can win women’s Olympic football medals for the first time, says Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.

Only 52% of children living with HIV were on life-saving treatment in 2023, with sub-Saharan Africa doing particularly poorly.

Police say the multi-million dollar lab was operating on an “industrial scale”.

President Tinubu says cost-of-living protests planned for next week have ‘sinister motives’.

Only two African countries, South Africa and Senegal, will be getting money from a giant Open Society Foundations green energy fund later this year, in part thanks to governments that have shown dedication in dealing with climate change.

Amadu Koita Makalo was sentenced for 182 years on charges including treason and murder.

The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen sharply to 157 and the number could increase further, a government official said on Tuesday.

South Sudan is using basketball to forge a new identity for a country whose early history was defined by war, says Luol Deng.