Simon Murray loving South African ‘football safari’ with Bidvest Wits

Former Hibernian striker Simon Murray is full of enthusiasm for his South African adventure as he tells BBC Scotland about his Bidvest Wits experience.

Mozambique busts ‘30,000 ghost workers’

Proof-of-life tests revealed they were dead or fictitious, costing the government $250m over two years.

‘Entering the ring, I become Cindi Gold’

One of the few black women on the African pro-wrestling scene says she's carving a path for others.

‘Entering the ring, I become Cindi Gold’

One of the few black women on the African pro-wrestling scene says she's carving a path for others.

Somalia piracy: How foreign powers are tackling it

Foreign navies have played a key role in curbing piracy off Somalia's coast, writes the BBC's Anne Soy.

Somalia piracy: How foreign powers are tackling it

Foreign navies have played a key role in curbing piracy off Somalia's coast, writes the BBC's Anne Soy.

South Africa protests to Rwanda over Lindiwe Sisulu slur

South Africa is angered after a Rwandan news site reportedly calls a key minister a "prostitute".

Africa Cup of Nations: Caf to choose 2019 hosts in January

The Confederation of African Football will choose the new hosts for the 2019 Nations Cup on 9 January at a meeting in Senegal

Egypt investigates ‘pyramid nude photo shoot’

Egypt investigates whether a viral video of a couple posing nude on its Great Pyramid is real or not.

Nigeria’s Fulani men who get whipped to find a wife

Some ethnic Fulanis in Nigeria enter a painful endurance contest in a bid to win female admirers.