Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.

Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi talks to BBC Sport Africa about his foundation and why he feels impelled to give back to Nigeria. Capoeira, a sport mixing martial art and dance, is one of Brazil ...

Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Two fishermen tell the BBC why they have ...

Show more Yesterday Alan and his BBC colleagues from South, East and West Africa ... Today they pick up and look forward to the next year: so what can we expect to see in the news in 2025?

Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi talks to BBC Sport Africa about his foundation and why he feels impelled to give back to Nigeria. Finishing tips from Harry Kane are helping Cameroon winger ...

Emily Nkhana shares tips with the BBC on how to make banana wine. Many people are left stranded as drivers queue for fuel and commuters wait at bus stations. South African Johann Rupert controls ...

Cameroonian Alice Nkom thinks accusations she is funding terrorism are a ploy to stop her advocacy. The new bill includes a three-year prison sentence on anyone who identifies as LGBT. The body of ...

Alan Kasujja is a Ugandan journalist who’s been lead presenter on the BBC World Service’s Newsday ... He spends much of his free time studying Africa’s history, politics, culture and art.