Communities in Ghana's capital, Accra, are still recovering from the floods and fire which swept through the city one month ago, killing 150 people. It is trying to avoid a repeat.

Attacks target crowded areas of locals selling fruit on highway between Bama and Konduga in Borno state

Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 10 people, bringing the number of people murdered by the Islamist militants in north-east Nigeria this week to more than 160.

A one-minute silence is observed across the UK to remember the 30 British men and women killed in the Tunisia massacre. last Friday.

Authorities in Kenya are beginning a four-day nationwide crackdown against illicitly brewed alcohol following a recent spate of deaths.

Nigeria international Peter Odemwingie signs a one-year extension to his contract with Premier League side Stoke.

What has Ghana done to recover from disaster?

In the wake of the terror attack on a Tunisian beach last Friday, survivors reported heroic acts from hotel staff. One of those staff members has spoken exclusively to the BBC's Ben Brown.

The Tanzanian soldiers dragged into Europe's war

Tunisians and foreigners lament dwindling tourism

Witnesses say more than 50 militants descended on Kukawa village, firing on worshippers praying in mosques during Ramadan and moving on to houses

Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack on mosques and houses in a village in north-eastern Nigerian by suspected Boko Haram militants, witnesses said on Thursday.

“The attackers have killed at least 97 people,” a local man from Kukawa village who gave his name as Kolo told AFP, saying he had counted the bodies.

Zimbabwe's Farai Simoyi is one of the rising stars of the catwalk. The designer, who has worked with Beyonce and Nicki Minaj, spoke to the BBC's Farayi Mungazi about her career.

As What's Up Africa's presenter Ikenna Azuike and his team take a well-earned break, we have put together the best bits of Series 2.

Investors rush to reap rewards in one of Africa’s best-performing economies

Fergus Walsh reports from one of the world's poorest nations, Chad in central Africa, to see the effects of extreme hunger.

The man who killed 38 at the beach resort of Sousse in Tunisia was "a student like any other", according to an official at his university.