She had just been crowned world champion, but Ethiopian marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase broke down in tears when asked if her family was celebrating her win back home in war-torn Tigray.

Evidence collected by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique contradicts Mali's claim that drone strikes are precise and only target terrorists.

Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing

The boda boda sector has employed hundreds of thousands of Kenyans across major cities and rural areas.

Economic growth is most important for the world's poorest people, and most of the world’s poorest live on the African continent. Are Africa’s economies growing?

It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.

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The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm

Makers of some of France's most famous cheeses get waivers on where herds graze due to the lack of grass.

It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials.

Perhaps our days of doomscrolling are numbered, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.

Initial findings from an RAIB investigation show an "irregularity" at the site near Lewes.

Vietnamese authorities have seized a large shipment of ivory illegally shipped from Africa. The haul includes 221 pieces of elephant ivory weighing over 1,193 kilograms.