Africa

Deriding Africa's former colonial rulers will not solve the continent's many problems, writes Nigerian journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

BBC Africa One Minute Stories meets James Maina Mwangi - the self-proclaimed most stylish man in the world.

The theme of this year's Durban July was "It Is Time" - and race-goers did not disappoint.

The role of women in leadership positions is critical to the future of a peaceful Niger according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. 

It is the first large-scale attack launched by al-Shabab militants since Ramadan began.

Libyan politicians lack the clout to rein in people-smugglers once controlled by former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, writes the BBC's Farouk Chothia.

The head of UN Migration Agency (IOM), William Lacy Swing, has urged Libya to stop detaining migrants who have been returned to the country’s shores after trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

Championship club Brentford sign Algeria international Said Benrahma from French side Nice for an undisclosed fee.

Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region town of Bol, 200 km north of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, in Central Africa.

Fourteen of France's footballers are eligible to play for African nations, but what are Africa's other remaining World Cup links?

Mozambique's national airline has been struggling to get fuel for its planes.

Omari Monono was at his aunt's house where he often played, police say.

Belgian Sven Vandenbroeck is named as the new coach of Zambia to replace Wedson Nyirenda who resigned in May.

A Tilapia farmer hopes the ban will increase production in the country.

Buying glasses with the correct lenses can be expensive - but it doesn't have to be this way.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

The government plans to set up ranches across the country to end land conflict, will it work?

It’s eight o’clock in the morning and fifty-year-old Falmata Mboh Ali paddles her small dugout canoe to the shores of a tributary of Lake Chad in Bol, a small town 100 miles north of the capital of Chad, N’Djamena.

Sherrie Silver choreographed Childish Gambino's 'This is America' video, and now she gives her top tips on being a great dancer.

Tunisia are open to the idea of a tri-nation bid for the 2030 World Cup along with Morocco and Algeria.