Africa

The United Nations human rights wing on Friday expressed deep shock that 20 people were reported to have been executed in Egypt since last week, amid concerns that due process and fair trial guarantees did not appear to have been followed.

In the wake of a recent flare-up of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations refugee agency said Friday that it is registering and assisting thousands of mostly women and children refugees arriving in Chad.

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah's win as African Player of the Year 2017 is dividing some social media users.

One tourist dies and 15 others are injured as the hot air balloon crashes near Luxor.

Senegalese teenager Krepin Diatta says signing for Club Brugge in Belgium from Norwegian side Sarpsborg is the best thing for his career.

Accomplished brewmaster and microbrewery owner Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela talks about her business.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah wins the Confederation of African Football Player of the Year award.

Schoolgirls in northern Nigeria are learning to support themselves.

African artists are enjoying an increasingly high profile at global exhibitions.

Touring test side faces inconvenience in a city getting to grips with water shortages.

Alioune Diop is based in Senegal but his favourite football team is French club Olympique de Marseille.

George Weah invites Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to his inauguration as the new president of Liberia.

Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala wins the Women's Player award again as Egypt's Pharaohs are named National team of the Year.

How drug-carrying drones could help save lives in far-flung places.

Who is behind the massive increase in the illicit trade of rhino horn?

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this week.

A photographer and an artist have made an anthology dedicated to female photographers of African descent.

A lawyer filed a complaint against Laila Amer, saying her music video was a "great risk" to Egypt.

BBC Sport looks at the five candidates vying to be the next president of the Ethiopia Football Federation, one of the founding members of Confederation of African Football.

The one thing all Zimbabweans yearn for this year is an economic revival.