More than 70 women working on two British-owned tea plantations in Kenya have told the BBC they were forced to have sex by their managers to retain their jobs.

A video that appears to show Israeli diplomat Sharon Bar-li being escorted from the African Union heads of state summit is circulating online.

Ethiopian security forces killed at least three people when they fired at people protesting against water shortage in the southern town of Wolkite, residents have told the BBC.

A Kenyan senator was ejected from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign.

Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered the army to join a security operation against armed bandits in the northern Rift Valley region who have killed dozens of people in recent months.

At least 12 civilians have been killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, according to reports.