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Students have posted the names of accused rapists on Facebook. And a judge sparks a furor with Facebook messages that seem to say rape is part of black culture.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Andrew Lebovich, a Sahel expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the coup in Burkina Faso and other similar ones to hit the region.

A newly released video by Boko Haram reaffirms the group's allegiance to ISIS and says their campaign of violence continues.

Scientists have found the oldest-known footprints outside Africa, dating from between 800,000 and 1 million years ago, on a beach facing the North Sea.

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

Fiston Mwanza Mujila's novel, Tram 83, is a freewheeling tale about life in an imaginary place inspired by the author's home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Critic John Powers has a review.

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

The continent's largest democracy and biggest economy holds a presidential election Saturday that's come down to a race of three leading candidates.

The newly re-elected president made a promise to redistribute white-owned land to blacks. But it's a tense and controversial process.