Africa

A female MP in Tanzania has called for checks to determine whether or not her male colleagues have undergone circumcision...

Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency over sexual and gender-based violence after recorded cases of rape and assault doubled...

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in...

Pop star turned MP Bobi Wine is making plans for a bigger political stage in the country and says he...

Escalating attacks by Boko Haram militants have forced 30,000 people out of Nigeria's northeast into Cameroonian borders over the weekend,...