Sewage-lined streets, crumbling concrete homes and jagged sheets of metal are in stark contrast to the formally dressed man standing proudly in the middle of it all.

A hard-hitting Kenyan movie about gang culture has become the country's first-ever film to be considered for an Oscar.

Soccer may be the king of sports in Africa, but one man is on a mission to change that by uncovering the continent's rising basketball stars.

Thousands of supporters of various Egyptian Salafi groups gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday calling for the immediate implementation of Islamic law.