BBC World Service - Focus on Africa

How Niger’s coup affects the Sahel

Burkina Faso and Mali warn ECOWAS not to use force to restore President Bazoum

Morocco and Madagascar have also made gains against the deadly habit

ECOWAS has threatened to use force if President Bazoum is not restored

Unpaid wages and poor conditions are among Nigerian doctors’ complaints as they strike

Niger's president still detained by troops and the country's borders are closed

Algeria battles to contain devastating forest fires that have spread to Tunisia

African countries are losing billions of dollars due to illicit financial flows

A hundred days since fighting broke out between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces

All eyes on African teams as the FIFA Women’s World Cup gets underway

A UN report reveals the stark reality that no country has achieved full gender equality