A president declared an emergency over rape. What happened next?

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Despite Sierra Leone declaring sexual violence a national emergency, perpetrators are rarely punished.

Africa Live: Kenya delays school reopening over devastating floods

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Authorities say it will be unwise to risk the the lives of learners and staff as rains continue to pound the country - and more stories

Burkina Faso rejects accusation of villagers’ massacre

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Human Rights Watch says at least 56 children were killed by soldiers in Soro village.

Why ice costs more than bread in Mali

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People are grappling with power cuts as well as extreme heat blamed on human-induced climate change.

Poland denies ‘pushback’ of pregnant Eritrean woman

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Activists say the woman gave birth alone in a forested area at the border with Belarus.

Power restored to Sierra Leone as minister quits

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Most of the electricity in the capital is supplied by a Turkish ship floating off the country’s coast.

Has South Africa’s ‘get-out-of-jail’ vote lived up to the hype?

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Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's election and apartheid's end, South Africans reflect on democracy.

Burkina Faso suspends BBC over HRW report coverage

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BBC Africa is suspended for two weeks for covering a Human Rights Watch report on alleged mass killings.

Did UK minister confuse Rwanda and Congo?

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The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.

Mbeki vows to rid South Africa’s ANC of ‘rotten apples’

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South Africa's former president hits out at corruption within the governing party.