UNAids chief Winnie Byanyima tells of sexual assault ordeal

"I was shocked, I was 18... This was an attempted rape," Winnie Byanyima tells the BBC.

World Cup 2022: ‘Ghana are not a pushover’ – Nigeria coach Eguavoen

Nigeria head coach Augustine Eguavoen says he knows where Nigeria have to improve if they are to beat Ghana in the return leg of their World Cup play-off on Tuesday.

World Cup 2022: ‘Ghana are not a pushover’ – Nigeria coach Eguavoen

Nigeria head coach Augustine Eguavoen says he knows where Nigeria have to improve if they are to beat Ghana in the return leg of their World Cup play-off on Tuesday.

Kenya to receive millions seized in Jersey to help fight Covid

In a novel scheme, Jersey will send millions of dollars back to Kenya to buy life-saving equipment.

Biniam Girmay: Eritrean becomes first African to win a one-day classic with Gent-Wevelgem victory

Biniam Girmay makes history as the first African cyclist to win a one-day classic as he triumphs in the Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.

Nigeria – where President Buhari had to say sorry for a power cut

The lights went out across Nigeria when fuel shortages coincided with the collapse of the power grid.

‘It’s big for me’ – Women’s Six Nations awaits Zimbabwean

Zimbabwe referee Precious Pazani is relishing a 'dream' Women's Six Nations landmark in the French city Grenoble on Sunday.

World Cup 2022: Nigeria ‘not favourites’ to reach Qatar, says Ghana coach

Ghana's interim head coach Otto Addo says Nigeria are not favourites to win Tuesday's decisive World Cup play-off.

Ethiopia’s civil war: The women who paid the price

The BBC speaks to victims of sexual violence as rights groups say rape was used as a weapon of war.

Ethiopia civil war: There was no point in screaming

Three women tell their stories and chilling accounts of physical and sexual abuse.