VIDEO: African animator takes on Hollywood

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Wellington Jighere is the first African to be crowned world scrabble champion.

Self taught designer Collen Monnakgotla speaks to the BBC about his fashion show.

Nigerian authorities have taken a range of measures after a man died of the Ebola virus in Lagos.

Ethiopian artist Ephrem Solomon draws on his heritage, which is also Eritrean, to critique government politics across Africa. Now for the first time he is showing his work in London.

UNFPA Tanzania – Masanga Community Takes A Stand Against FGM from Mandela Gregoire on Vimeo.

The Royal Navy flagship the HMS Bulwark has arrived in Sicily, after rescuing about 600 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

The United Nations has warned that more than 15 million people in Ethiopia will be in need of food aid by the beginning of 2016 because of a severe drought.

A ceremony has taken place in Rwanda, where 24 baby mountain gorillas have been given new names.