A free diver in Cape Town is cleaning beaches to fight a wave of plastic pollution.

More than 19,000 African migrants have crossed to the Canary Islands this year alone but hundreds died.

A lorry driver who has never lived with his sons is waiting for Joe Biden to reverse Trump's travel ban.

BEC hacking is one of the most common types of cyber-attack and experts say Nigeria is its epicentre.

The UN's refugee agency appeals for urgent access to the conflict-hit Tigray region.

The latest round of the qualifying campaign for Afrobasket 2021 is over but what have we learnt?

Italian prosecutors believe Egyptian security agents killed PhD student Giulio Regeni in 2016.

Doreen Moracha was born HIV positive is now an advocate raising awareness and fighting the stigma.

Nurse Tshego is fighting a virus that brings her face to face with stigma, poverty and corruption.

A climate activist has won a prestigious prize for leading the battle to block it being built in Ghana.

The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.

Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.