Caster Semenya: Olympic 800m champion loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules

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Olympic champion Caster Semenya loses her appeal against new rules from athletics' governing body restricting testosterone levels in female runners.

South Africa: Is the gap between rich and poor widening?

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Inequality is a big issue in South Africa's elections - how bad is it?

Libya ‘war crimes’ videos shared on social media

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BBC Arabic found videos of bodies being desecrated by fighters loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar.

Libya ‘war crimes’ videos shared on social media

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BBC Arabic found videos of bodies being desecrated by fighters loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar.

‘No sex without fighting’ – tackling toxic masculinity in DR Congo

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Sexual violence is widespread in DR Congo, but a new movement is trying to tackle the problem.

An African boy’s remarkable odyssey to the Arctic

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Why a West African boy ran away from his village in Togo to live in the Arctic in the 1960s.

Caster Semenya testosterone ruling due

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Caster Semenya is challenging a rule to restrict the level of testosterone permitted in female runners in a case about athletes with differences of sexual development.

Cyril Ramaphosa – South African union leader, mine boss, president

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A profile of South Africa's leader, who hopes to consolidate power in his own right in May's elections.

Julius Malema – South Africa’s radical agenda setter

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He has turned his EFF into a displaced force that wants to transform South Africa.

Mmusi Maimane – the man who vows to end ANC rule

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"Change is uncomfortable but we need it," says South Africa's first black official opposition leader.