Egypt female TikTok star jailed for three years for human trafficking

Haneen Hossam, who invited women to earn money by making videos, is convicted of human trafficking.

NBA Playoffs: Embiid and Antetokounmpo named MVP finalists alongside Jokic

Cameroon's Joel Embiid and Greek-Nigerian Giannis Antetokounmpo are named 2021-22 NBA MVP finalists alongside reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic.

KwaZulu-Natal floods: South Africa army to send 10,000 troops

A national state of disaster is declared after the devastation in KwaZulu-Natal province last week.

Rwanda asylum critics have no solutions, says Patel

The home secretary responds after criticism of her refugee plan from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Nigeria’s Spider-Man fighting for a cleaner society

Jonathan Olakunle is fighting for a cleaner society in Osogbo, Nigeria.

African Champions League: Sundowns pledge to ‘be in semi-final’

Coach Rulani Mokwena says Mamelodi Sundowns can bounce back from their loss to Petro Atletico in Angola in the African Champions League quarter-final.

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: Why was this former captive treated differently?

Hassana Adamu speaks to the BBC about feeling neglected on the eighth anniversary of the kidnappings.

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan the ‘opposite of nature of God’ – Welby

There were "serious ethical questions" over sending migrants to east Africa, Justin Welby says.

Angella Okutoyi: Kenya’s rising tennis star

After playing in the Australian Open, could Kenyan Angella Okutoyi emulate her hero Serena Williams?

South Africa flooding: ‘I had thought my house was safe’

Torrential floods have killed nearly 400 people in South Africa, with more rain forecast.