How WhatsApp has helped heroin become Mozambique’s second biggest export

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As many as 40 tonnes of heroin could be passing through Mozambique every year, in a trade that is boosted by the use of mobile phone apps.

Eritrea and Ethiopia to re-establish diplomatic ties

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Leaders agree to re-open embassies in their respective capitals after almost 20 years of hostility.

Eritrea and Ethiopia to re-establish diplomatic ties

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Leaders agree to set up embassies in their respective capitals after almost 20 years of hostility.

Caf bans Kenyan referee Aden Marwa from all football for life

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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) bans Kenyan referee, Aden Marwa, from all football activities for life.

Ethiopia-Eritrea border: Landmark summit aims to end conflict

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The two leaders meet to seal a deal ending a two decade-old border dispute that led to a bloody war.

Letter from Africa: Complaining about colonialism makes us the victims

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Deriding Africa's former colonial rulers will not solve the continent's many problems, writes Nigerian journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

‘I’m the smartest man in Africa – or in the world’

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BBC Africa One Minute Stories meets James Maina Mwangi - the self-proclaimed smartest man in the world.

In pictures: The Durban July in South Africa

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The theme of this year's Durban July was "It Is Time" - and race-goers did not disappoint.

Mogadishu car bomb attack claimed by al-Shabab

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It is the first large-scale attack launched by al-Shabab militants since Ramadan began.

Libya holds the key to solving Europe migration crisis

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Libyan politicians lack the clout to rein in people-smugglers once controlled by former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, writes the BBC's Farouk Chothia.