Lebo DisekoGlobal religion reporter, BBC NewsAFPIf the sole predictor of who would become the next Pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain...

Beryl Munoko & Damian ZaneBBC NewsAFPDuring his 2015 trip to the Central African Republic, Pope Francis visited a mosque and called on people to reject hatredMillions of African Catholics,...

Wedaeli Chibelushi & Nyasha MichelleBBC NewsD!nkTVThe finale of Latey: Looking for Love has been viewed more than 620,000 timesBoy meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Girl fends off love...

Akisa WanderaBBC News, RenkHassan Lali / BBCWhen the devastating war in Sudan reached Sarah Williams' neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum, she and her children were caught in the crossfire....

Abdinasir AliBBC Somali serviceAstaan TVGuudey Mohamed Geedi, a married father of 11, was shot dead not long after finishing a film warning of the devastation clan killings cause"No man...

The US embassy in Zambia has warned its citizens to be wary of a new "intrusive" cyber-security law introduced in the southern African country.The embassy issued an alert telling...

A former Gambian soldier has been convicted on torture charges by a US court for his involvement in crimes committed while feared strongman Yahya Jammeh was in power in...

Watch: Mostafa, Hafiza and Manahel film as their home, el-Fasher, comes under attackSudan's paramilitaries have declared the formation of a rival government to the country's armed forces, two years...

Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France's foreign minister has said.Jean-Noël Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of...

Paul NjieBBC News, LibrevilleAFPGen Brice Oligui Nguema has been handed a seven-year mandate by an electorate relieved that the Bongo era is now past Gabon's military leader Gen Brice...

A notorious bandit kingpin and 100 of his suspected followers have been killed in a joint military operation in north-west Nigeria, authorities say.Gwaska Dankarami was said to have been...

Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, KampalaBBC / Wycliffe MuiaArsenal fans in Uganda partied well into the early hours this week, outside video halls and bars across the country, after their team's...