Africa

Seun Kuti says if he won a Grammy it would be an excuse to party.

DR Congo is using e-voting for the first time, but is it a secure system?

The army earlier accused the UN children's agency of spying for Islamists in north-eastern Nigeria.

Opal Tometi, who co-founded the movement, says visiting Nigeria as a child changed her life.

The girls, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were sexually assaulted at gunpoint.

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah wins the 2018 BBC Africa Footballer of the Year award.

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018.

It took five weeks of round-the-clock treatment to keep Benedicte alive after her mother died.

At least 11 people are reported killed in Baidoa following the arrest of a former al-Shabab chief.

Three Africa-based players make the 10-man shortlist for this year's Confederation of African Football (Caf) Men's Player of the Year awards.

The Ivorian Football Federation appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against an alleged decision by Caf to strip the country of the 2021 Nations Cup.

Born in London, raised in Dublin and now a Tunisia international, Ayman Ben Mohamed has travelled an unusual road to this month's Fifa Club World Cup.

The US national security adviser says they are using underhand methods to expand their influence.

The Egypt FA now says it is interested in bidding to stage the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, pending government approval.

Lolu Tenabe is one of the only female superbike riders in Nigeria.

Ethiopia brings together the more than 80 national or ethnic groups that live in the country in a celebration of diversity.

Claudiah Wanjiru says that after a difficult journey her scars have made her beautiful.

Joseph Warungu says the struggle for gender equality in Kenyan politics is failing on many fronts.

Five years ago, Daniel lost everything to Ebola. Now he's training to become a doctor.

Foreign navies have played a key role in curbing piracy off Somalia's coast, writes the BBC's Anne Soy.