A 20-year-old lady, Miracle Kalu, who was arrested for selling her one-month-old baby for N130,000, to an unknown couple in Lagos, has blamed her action on hardship.

Ghana has recorded 427 new Coronavirus cases, increasing the country's coronavirus case count to 5127.

Over 150 mothers in a suburb of Nairobi, Kenya's capital, received food and hygiene kits on Sunday from Turkey's state-run aid agency in celebration of Mother’s Day.

At least 15 workers in Uganda died as an under-construction building collapsed on Sunday night, police said.

At least 20 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen on several villages in Niger, local authorities say.

A ban on large funerals in South Africa has forced people to give up many traditions, but they have also rediscovered old ones, including "secret burials", as the BBC's Pumza Fihlani reports from Johannesburg.

Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey says being tagged the next 'Pele' placed a lot of pressure on him to succeed as a footballer.

Thomas Partey has described Atletico Madrid's first training session since the suspension of football activities from coronavirus as "different", also saying the team "suffered a bit".

Patrice Hemery Lumumba was a renowned leader of the 19th Century in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He fought for independence and was recognized as the leader of the Congo National Movement Party.