BBC World Service - Focus on Africa

Aretha Franklin, The Queen Of Soul, Has Died.

Musicians across the continent have been paying tribute to Aretha Franklin who has died.

Ugandan politician, Kassiano Wadri, appears in court, facing treason charges.

Ugandan musician and politician Bobi Wine has appeared in front of a court martial.

By-elections in north western Uganda town of Arua have been marred by campaign violence

We speak to Director and Chief Economist with the Efficient group in South Africa

A boat carrying schoolchildren capsized killing 24 pupils on their way to school

A new experimental drug is rolled out to treat existing cases of infection

A year on, an inter-faith service to remember the victims of a deadly mudslide

Stones thrown at President Museveni’s convoy as he left a campaign rally, Police says.

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.