Africa

The US's top diplomat is trying to curry favour amid growing influence from Russia and China.

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse says clubs should not take precedence over national teams after the Africa Cup of Nations was criticised.

A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement of fertilizers to support farmers in the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the agency announced on Monday. 

Former Olympian Patrick Sang coaches world record breakers such as Eliud Kipchoge and Faith Kipyegon.

In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of more than 1,600 kilometres by road.

The BBC tracks the crucial issues facing Kenyans as the country chooses a new president on 9 August.

Climate change is here. But it is also everywhere. Three Commonwealth athletes explain how it is changing their sport and homes.

Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug) decried the move as a 'witch hunt' targeting the LGBT community.

BBC Sport Africa profiles Abdou Diallo, who helped Senegal win the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time this year.

As the president backs his ex-rival in elections, his deputy says he is fighting dynastic rule.

Nisha Popat looks back 50 years to when dictator Idi Amin forced her family out of Uganda

Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) must lay down their arms and engage in political dialogue, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert said on Friday, urging the international community to strengthen efforts to restore State authority and end impunity there.

Two young Kenyans are trying to break barriers by going into politics without money or influence.

Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.

Candidates in Kenya are having to spend millions in the race to become the next president.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

The United Nations continues to engage with authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the wake of the deadly shooting this past weekend involving peacekeepers from its Mission there, MONUSCO. 

Fifty years being expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin, a photographer spoke to us about his experience.

Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, has increased by almost 10 years, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Thursday.

A Kenyan voter has no hope for improvement in the cost of living crisis after the election.

Women and young people from ethnic minorities in the UK are being encouraged to take up polo.

As Sadio Mane embarks on a new chapter in his career at Bayern Munich, two former internationals back the Senegal forward to succeed in Germany.

In 1972, dictator Idi Amin gave thousands of people 90 days to leave with just £50 and a suitcase.

A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honours the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) five years ago. 

The al-Qaeda leader's death hits home to those he robbed of a husband, a wife, or their eyesight.

Napoli's president says he will not sign African players unless they agree to skip the Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigeria's Chioma Onyekwere believes African athletes will make their presence felt in field events after winning discus gold at the Commonwealth Games.

South African batter Lizelle Lee says failing a weight test was key to her shock decision to retire from international cricket.

Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.