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Maj Fatima Isaacs led a three-year legal battle for her religious right to wear a headscarf.

Guinea score late to earn a quarter-final spot at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) as Zambia also progress.

"Credible reports" show they were involved in human rights abuses, the state department said.

No countries are safe until all are vaccinated, a leading Covid-19 adviser in South Africa says.

The deal aims to increase the relatively low trade between African countries.

African basketball stars discuss Kobe Bryant's legacy one year since his death in a helicopter crash.

Foreign investment into solar products are helping to plug Zambia's power shortage problems.

The BBC's Andrew Harding has returned to Mogadishu to see what hopes people have for peace.

Photographer George Logan highlights the decline of wild lions using conceptual images.

A father tells the BBC his tragic story of fleeing the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

BBC Africa Eye looks at the inside story of Detective Jane Mugo, the woman they call Kenya’s "spy queen".

It's been 10 years since Egyptians took to the streets to unseat their longest-serving President, Hosni Mubarak.

Ten years after ousting their strongman leader, some say the new system isn't working.

President Yoweri Museveni sees off another challenger despite the expectation surrounding Bobi Wine.

Africa will have to wait "weeks if not months" before getting WHO-approved vaccines, officials say.

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

When her friends died in childbirth, a Nigerian woman hatched a plan to make a difference.

A teacher was charged with fraud for describing himself as "African".

The death of Shannon Wasserfal sparked protests in Namibia against sex and gender based violence.