The British star is backing film projects across the continent and wants to be closer to the action.

Joe Dix's parents say they feel "encouraged" about the government's new plans to tackle knife crime.

Hollywood star Idris Elba joined Sir Keir Starmer and experts including police, technology companies and victims' families.

New play Shifters tells the story of two young black people who meet again after years apart.

Idris Elba has been allocated land in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar to set up a film studio.

Also at the event were the PM, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.

The actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first wind farm.

Victims' families want mandatory sentences, but the actor says knives can be carried out of fear.