Africa

Masra’s party the Transformers say their leader’s detention took place “outside of any known judicial procedure”.

Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo did not expect to be nominated for the Premier League player of the season award despite an impressive campaign with Brentford.

South African teenager Khosi Dlomo wants to encourage others to take up her little-known equestrian sport of tent pegging.

Sylvia Bongo and her son was freed from prison last week despite facing charges of embezzling public funds.

The TPLF fought a two-year civil war against the federal government, which ended in 2022.

US President Donald Trump says a genocide is taking place in South Africa, a claim a judge dismissed as “imaginary”.

Charl Kleinhaus tells the BBC he had no choice but to leave his farm in South Africa after receiving death threats.

Author Abi Daré has been awarded the £10,000 prize for her second novel, And So I Roar.

Nearly 80% of the 1.9 million students who sat the exams did not get high enough marks to get into university.

Hundreds of protesters blocked the busy Kakuma Road, paralyzing traffic for several hours and engaging in running battles with the police.