The BBC Focus on Africa programme has played a dramatic role in covering the continent over the last 60 years.

Egypt has faced criticism for testing frontline healthcare workers for coronavirus using antibody tests.

Ghanaian veteran Joseph Hammond, 95, reflects on the horrors of the Burma Campaign.

A top minister hails a "crime holiday" as figures show offences fell by 40% between April and June.

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei produces an astonishing run in Monaco to break the 16-year-old 5,000m world record by almost two seconds.

The emaciated 30-year-old had been left for at least three years without proper care, police say.

José Filomeno dos Santos was accused of stealing $500m from Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund.

There are signs the rate of increase in cases is slowing, but do we know the true scale of the outbreak in Africa?

Professor Ndeye Coumba Touré Kane is advocating for a greater use of face masks in Senegal.

Cases of Covid-19 in Madagascar quadrupled over a month despite the president pushing an unproven remedy.

A number of men from Ghana are taking up GAA after working in Ardglass for the last year.

The location of the Mauritian oil spill means the environmental consequences could be long-lasting.