For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

Analysts have told BBC Verify that Iran is now experiencing a near-total internet blackout, as Israeli strikes continue for a sixth successive day. You may recall that authorities imposed some ...

A company in South Africa has found a way to harness youthful energy in solving the perennial problem of water supply in rural villages. It uses a playground roundabout to power a borehole pump.

Addressing journalists from across Africa, di director of Kremlin-funded global news channel RT say: "We be one of di best in fact-checking and add say nobody don catch dem bifor dey distribute ...

Professor Tshepo Madlingozi - a member of South Africa's Human Rights Commission who spoke to the BBC in his personal capacity - says the effects of apartheid continue to be devastating.

If the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain he would hail from Africa. The continent's Catholic population ...