BBC Africa

Mona Eltahawy says that Nawal El Saadawi's legacy continues in Africa's long the tradition of ‘feminist giants’.

Some staff fear the charity has not learnt the lessons of the 2018 Haiti scandal, the Times reports.

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

A series of disturbing videos obtained by the BBC appear to show a massacre of unarmed civilians in Ethiopia.

A BBC Africa Eye investigation suggests the Ethiopian military was behind a massacre in Tigray.

British national Philip Mawer was working in Palma when it was stormed by militants last week.

Lupus symptoms vary from person to person which is why it's referred to as a ‘disease with 1000 faces’.

Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic.

South Africa's winemakers hope for a brighter future after a very tough 12 months.

Germany is set to apologise to Namibia for a genocide more than 100 years ago - and to pay an as yet unknown amount of money.

The jihadists appear to be aiming to create their own self-declared "caliphate".

Laurent Gbagbo's supporters are jubilant after the global war crimes court upholds his acquittal.

Béatrice Stöckli had been working in Timbuktu when she was kidnapped by jihadists in 2016.

Investigators will try to establish why a giant container ship, Ever Given, ran aground last week.

The presidential palace is attacked two days before the nation's first democratic handover of power.

Thousands of young Tunisians have been demanding change as they strive to live in and shape the post-revolution dream.

The Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Sierra Leone and Benin has been delayed after Benin contest the validity of at least five positive Covid-19 tests within their squad.

Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Ethiopia confirm their places at next year's Nations Cup finals in Cameroon.

France's defence ministry disputes the findings, saying its forces targeted "terrorists".

The BBC's Quentin Sommerville visits Tarhuna where the victims of years of civil war are being reburied.