Kenya's motorbike ambulances are saving the lives and limbs of people bitten by snakes

Ghana forward Andre Ayew is happy to have put transfer speculation behind him and continue his on-off career at "special" Swansea City.

President Ramaphosa says urgent action is needed amid a spike in the numbers of murders and rapes.

The blaze broke out at a boarding school near the capital Monrovia, killing at least 27 people.

Imama Amapakabo is retained as the coach of Nigeria's under-23 team for Olympic qualifying, leaving the future of Salisu Yususf unclear.

The country has seen a spate of xenophobic attacks in recent months.

We hear rare testimony from one woman forced to flee the conflict in Cameron's Anglophone regions.

The popular footwear enables artisans in Ethiopia to recycle and earn a living at the same time.

How social media became an information battleground for anti-government protesters and Algeria's rulers.

Seida Guadu performs an emergency Caesarean to try to save the lives of a baby and his mother.

Schoolchildren in South Africa tell the BBC how they feel about a recent wave of xenophobic attacks.

Nigerian magician Babs Cardini wows audiences on the streets of Lagos.