Africa

Gambia's truth commission has revealed tales of murder and torture that jar with Gambians' self image.

But his main rival Bobi Wine cries foul, alleging vote-rigging and saying he's fearful for his safety.

Mayeni Jones investigates what happened when the army opened fire on protesters in Lagos in October.

A third of the population of Madagascar will suffer from food insecurity due to ongoing droughts and a recession.

An increasing number of civilians are becoming victims of the conflict in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

We speak to reporters in six global regions about hopes and expectations for the new US administration.

Joyce, 17, explores progress towards the goal of clean water for all in her country, Rwanda.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in Cameroon to take steps to prosecute perpetrators behind two recent deadly attacks in the Anglophone provinces of the country, his Spokesperson said on Friday. 

The conflict threatens the stability of the entire region, the EU's top diplomat says.

The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi had launched the posthumous bid to overturn his conviction.

“Worsening” election violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced 120,000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, as the UN Secretary-General also condemned another attack by combatants on a UN convoy, which left a peacekeeper from Burundi dead, and two others wounded.

There are concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic has created the environment for a rise in FGM cases in Kenya.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including its impact on Eritrean refugees hosted there. 

On the eve of Caf making Issa Hayatou its 'honorary president', a former official says it has taken too long to recognise African football's longest ruler.

Uganda has restricted internet access ahead of elections, but it's not the only African country to have done this.

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga speaks to voters as they wait to cast their ballots.

Four United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed and five others wounded in an attack by unidentified armed elements on Wednesday, the UN mission in the country has said. 

Nearly three months after the start of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, hundreds of thousands of people have yet to receive assistance, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, citing information from its humanitarian coordination agency, OCHA.

The UN Secretary-General has called for action to ensure accountability for “heinous attacks” in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday that left a Rwandan peacekeeper dead and another wounded. 

The UN chief on Wednesday issued a call for an “inclusive, transparent and peaceful” election process across Uganda, a day ahead of the polls opening. 

 The current political transition period in Mali offers an opportunity to “break out of the vicious circle of political crises followed by coups d'état”, the UN envoy in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.  

Novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani criticises coverage of the kidnapping of schoolchildren.

In southern Madagascar, “famine-like conditions” have doubled the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance compared with last year, to more than 1.3 million. Successive droughts and a lack of jobs linked to COVID-19 restrictions are to blame, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.

Five things you need to know about Uganda's divisive election.

In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners announced on Tuesday, the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile, to help control future epidemics by ensuring timely access to vaccines for populations at risk, during outbreaks. 

While elections are one-time events, “democracy is a constant process of deliberation and consultation” where dialogue provides an “important arena for the building of national consensus”, the top UN official in West Africa told the Security Council on Monday. 

Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN’s “central objective”, the world body’s top official told a conference on climate action on Monday. 

Ghanaian peacekeepers at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have been commended for their lifesaving support to a man who was severely wounded during recent violent inter-communal clashes in the north of the country.

The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.