BBC World Service - Focus on Africa

Senegal’s president won't seek third term

Macky Sall's announcement on Monday had been eagerly awaited by supporters and critics

Employers are now able to check if someone was convicted of sexual offence in Kenya

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