She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders ...

Long known as one of Africa's great beach destinations, a new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that ...

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

She was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank 800 miles from the coast of Africa. I was a five month old baby. For six days and five nights, my parents and I were crammed in an overcrowded lifeboat ...

"As well as wanting the audience to be entertained - because the play is good fun - I wanted to add another dimension to people's understanding of Africa," Desta tells the BBC. "I wanted to write ...

"I knew the words of the popular songs. It was taken for granted." Maureen became deaf after a reaction to antibiotics and she describes how frustrating deafness can be. Music - Frank Sinatra, "Time ...

Why has the case against the Kenyan police officers allegedly involved in the death of six-month old Samantha Pendo been delayed yet again? Seven years on, her parents are still seeking justice after ...

On Tuesday, the BBC saw dozens of emaciated miners - wearing ... so light that they were only carried by one person. This story contains a video that some people may find distressing.

Four part BBC drama series based on the novel by Gill Hornby, following the story of Cassandra, Jane Austen's lesser-known sister.

At one point, it had one of the highest lion population densities in Africa, according to African Parks. The Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority confirmed the incident to the BBC but ...