Danai Nesta Kupemba

An eight-year-old boy has been found alive after surviving five days in a game park inhabited by lions and elephants in northern Zimbabwe, according to a member of parliament. The ordeal began when Tinotenda Pudu wandered 23 km (14 miles) from […]

At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali’s authorities have confirmed. The “makeshift boat” was carrying about 80 people, but only 11 people survived, said a

Danai Nesta Kupemba / BBC At London’s famous Hyde Park at around 11:00 on a crisp Saturday morning, runners gather at some benches – some tall and lean, others broad and sturdy, a few logging into the Strava app, but

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 80, has defended the use of military courts to try civilians – following an outcry over the arrest and trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. His 68-year-old rival has been charged in a military court with

Ivory Coast’s beloved staple, attiéké – made from fermented cassava flour – has officially been added to Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage. Attiéké, pronounced atchekay, is a kind of couscous made from ground cassava roots. It is so well-loved

Getty Images Breyten Breytenbach was a vocal critic of the apartheid regime The renowned anti-apartheid writer and activist Breyten Breytenbach, jailed for his beliefs in South Africa in the 1970s, has died aged 85, his family said. He passed away

AFP Duma Boko won the presidency at his third attempt Confident and well-mannered, Botswana’s new President Duma Boko carries the traits of a highly trained human rights lawyer. The 54-year-old’s thoughtful, fluent sentences speak of his legal education first in

Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina, who has been at the centre of a fierce nationality row, is to be stripped of her South African identity and travel documents. The Department of Home Affairs began investigating her case after she became a

AFP Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in power since 1982 Rumours of ill-health have engulfed two African presidents in recent weeks, sparking contrasting responses and exposing how the wellbeing of leaders is often treated as a state secret. It

South African police have arrested three people in connection with the massacre of 18 relatives that took place in a remote town last week following a manhunt, the police say. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu confirmed the arrests during the memorial