BBC World Service - Focus on Africa

Mali: UN peacekeeping mandate to expire

Mali’s ruling military junta has called on UN forces to leave the country without delay

The country is holding presidential elections in August, with the economy a major issue

We discuss the living legacy of Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo

Wagner boss Prigozhin is sent to Belarus, so who is leading his troops in Africa?

Hemedti and al-Burhan's clan ties threaten to push Sudan's civil war beyond its borders

We focus on Ciyaal Weero, the Mogadishu gangs terrorising people in Somalia's capital

How Malindi became a destination loved by Italians, including the late Silvio Berlusconi

Sierra Leone to hold its fifth election since the end of a brutal civil war in 2002

Mali's ruling military junta held a constitutional referendum on Sunday

Greece boat disaster: Nine Egyptian men plead not guilty to people smuggling offences