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The government says the man it refused entry to was Congolese, not South Sudanese as the US had said.

The statement escalates regional tensions after Mali accused Algeria of backing terrorism.

Kinshasa is prone to soil erosion and the president warned the climate crisis is making flooding worse.

Nigerian vlogger Alma Asinobi on failed Guinness World Record attempt

The emir of Kano is one of Nigeria's most respected traditional leaders but there is a tussle for the throne.

The blind musician, who helped bring Malian music to the world in the 2000s, died last week aged 70.

President Mnangawa says he wants improved relations, days after Donald Trump said the US would impose an 18% tariff on Zimbabwe.

The African nation is "taking advantage" of the US by not accepting its citizens, says the top US diplomat.

Wigs and beauty contests are big business in Ivory Coast, but the industry is facing change.

Some African countries got privileged access to US markets, but the future of that deal is uncertain.

The lack of progress in the case of an alleged rape of a seven-year-old has sparked angry protests.

There are "horrific videos" of "armed men executing civilians in cold blood", the UN's Volker Türk says.

The hunters were on their way home when they were stopped by vigilantes in an attack that shocked Nigeria.

Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the US on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy.

DR Congo hopes that US involvement in its minerals sector would help deter Rwandan-backed rebels.

The groups, including the UN refugee agency, are accused of trying to change Libya's "demographic composition".

Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

Lesotho said Thursday it will send a government delegation to the United States to plead its case after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation.

Only Chinese goods are facing higher US tariffs than exports from Lesotho, which will be charged at 50%.

The African Development Bank president tells the BBC how poverty shaped his world views.

The pro-business DA rejects the budget leaving the ANC to rely on other parties to get it passed in parliament.

US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% reciprocal tariff on the tiny southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, the highest levy for any sovereign nation - and the country Trump recently said "nobody has ever heard of".

Zambia withdraw four US-based players for an upcoming tournament in China because of "travel measures" introduced by Donald Trump's administration.

President Mohamed Bazoum has been under house arrest since the 2023 military takeover.

Timothy Omotoso was accused of raping several of his congregants in a trial that gripped the country.

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo says he could have turned to a life of crime in Botswana had it not been for sport.

President Tinubu restructures the NNPC, a company which has long struggled with corruption allegations.

The Americans are among 37 people sentenced to death last September bya military court.