Communities in Africa must be consulted about lockdowns, argue Alex de Waal and Paul Richards.

Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, known as Fuminho, has spent more than two decades on the run.

Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, winner of the 2017 London Marathon, is provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit.

Parts of the two-acre plant mass in Lake Victoria clogged a turbine in a Ugandan power station.

Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu talks about how 2020 has been the 'toughest year of my life'.

Engineering students are helping Tunisia in the fight against Covid-19 by 3D-printing face masks.

A ban at a Guangzhou branch of the fast-food chain came amid rumours Africans were spreading coronavirus.

Schools have been shut in Kenya, so some children are taking their lessons online.