BBC World Service - Focus on Africa

Why has Ghana’s nurse strike escalated?

Ghanaian nurses escalate strike action after government fails to implement agreement

Who was Albert Ojwang, the Kenyan blogger who died in police custody?

Russia says the paramilitary group Wagner has accomplished its mission in Mali

The World Bank says it's lifting a ban on loans to Uganda

Mixed reactions from seven African countries whose nationals are on USA travel ban list

Drug users in Lesotho are ingesting using a method with a high risk of spreading HIV

Twin attacks on an army base in Timbuktu and central Mali leave dozens of soldiers dead

Bill Gates says he plans to give most of his billion dollar fortune to Africa

At least 200 people in central Nigeria known to have died following flash floods

The case of the missing 6-year-old Joshlin Smith exposes human trafficking in South Africa