BBC World Service - Focus on Africa

'I tied my tubes to stay child-free'

Kenyan Naisula Sironka, 29, tells us about her decision to undergo tubal ligation.

Thousands stranded in Nigeria's largest floating slum as authorities demolish homes

Senegal probing a tanker carrying Russian oil after it was attacked off its coast

Tigray regional government accuses the Ethiopian army of killing civilians with drones

Victims link a senior police officer to the abduction and torture of government critics

A recent study found that many products marketed for black women contain health hazards.

Guinea-Bissau suspends trial of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns amid ethical concerns

Kenya struggles to contain cervical cancer, while Botswana has low disease burden

Morocco and Egypt are the only African countries invited to Trump's Board of Peace

Nearly 1 million farmers decry late payment from state-owned Ghana Cocoa Board