Jabeur wants to 'use platform' to change women's lives

Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur explains why she chose to become an ambassador for the World Food Programme and her hopes for International Women's Day.

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Stripes and shades: Africa's top shots

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

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Sudan takes UAE to world court over 'complicity in genocide'

The UAE has strongly rejected Sudan's allegations, calling the case a "cynical publicity stunt."

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Gabon football coach named by BBC in sexual abuse report banned by Fifa

Patrick Assoumou Eyi has been found guilty of sexually abusing multiple young footballers.

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Injuries as Mozambique police fire on opposition protest

Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane's team says his current condition is "unknown" after the attack.

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Nigeria's senate president denies sexually harassing colleague

Godswill Akpabio said he had been well raised by his mother and had never harassed anyone.

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Lesotho shocked by Trump's remarks that 'nobody has heard of the country'

Lesotho says it is surprised by Trump's comments given its "warm and cordial" relations with the US.

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'You're under arrest' - how Ngamba made history against all odds

In the latest episode of Born to Brawl, Cindy Ngamba shares her incredible story before her first professional fight against Kirstie Bavington.

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The region with more 'terror deaths' than rest of world combined

Africa's Sahel region accounts for more than half of terror-related killings, a new reports says.

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Migrants rescued after several days stranded on oil platform

Thirty-two people were shipwrecked on a rig in the Mediterranean with no food or water, an NGO has said.

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UK will not pay Rwanda more for scrapped migrant deal

Rwanda had asked for additional money it says it is owed after the UK suspended aid to the country.

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'Time for female IOC president' - Coventry eyes historic role

International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry says it's time the organisation was led by a woman.

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Gabon junta chief declares bid for presidency

Gen Brice Nguema said he was responding to people's "many appeals" to run for president next month.

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Mother on trial over abduction of six-year-old daughter in South Africa

Joshlin Smith has been missing for over a year after she disappeared outside her home in Saldanha Bay

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West African mission leaves Guinea-Bissau after 'president's threats'

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has not responded to accusations that he threatened to expel the Ecowas team.

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'Stay true to your heart and mind' - Bavuma on mental resilience

South Africa Test and ODI captain Temba Bavuma says possessing the mental strength to ignore doubters has been crucial throughout his cricket career.

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TikTok profiting from sexual livestreams involving children, BBC told

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

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DR Congo defies pressure over talks with rebel M23

DR Congo's prime minister tells the BBC her government will not sit down with the militants.

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DR Congo accuses Rwanda of faking genocide suspects video

Rwanda-backed rebels said they captured fighters from a group that took part in the 1994 genocide.

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How royal divorce papers have shaken the Zulu kingdom

Scandal surrounds King Misuzulu's attempts to take a third wife - and to divorce his first one.

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