No reason was given but the country continues to grapple with insecurity and an Islamist insurgency.

African basketball stars discuss Kobe Bryant's legacy one year since his death in a helicopter crash.

The animals are being nursed back to health at a zoo after Austrian airport security spotted them.

Elephant tusks and rhino horns "hidden inside African masks" were exported, US prosecutors say.

The new president ups the target as Minnesota records the first US case of the Brazil Covid variant.

Tributes have been paid to former Botswana coach David Bright who has died after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Foreign investment into solar products are helping to plug Zambia's power shortage problems.

The BBC's Andrew Harding has returned to Mogadishu to see what hopes people have for peace.

Doctors were furious with the government spokesman's comments about politicians' coronavirus deaths.

Soldiers prevented him leaving his house in case he organised protests against disputed elections.

Photographer George Logan highlights the decline of wild lions using conceptual images.

A father tells the BBC his tragic story of fleeing the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.