Africa

BBC Sport Africa looks at the Africans to watch from the each of the continent's four teams at the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Homophobia is rising in parts of Africa, with lawmakers pushing for tougher anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Some of the emails reportedly contain sensitive information such as passwords and medical records.

Several thousand people take part in the annual Mamaya dance festival in Guinea.

The memorandum of understanding includes $118m to stop smuggling and return irregular migrants.

Televangelist Gilbert Deya was accused of stealing five children two decades ago.

The tax system is opaque - and abused, with politicians and private citizens lining their pockets.

Nigerians have inundated Guinness World Record with requests to ratify their attempts in the past two months.

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

An eyewitness tells the BBC he saw dozens of bodies being dumped from a truck by a paramilitary group.

Several different efforts are underway to end the Sudan conflict, which could destabilise its neighbours.

A group of teenagers held "a knife to my throat", a woman from Ivory Coast tells the BBC.

Flying within Africa is extremely costly - and this is holding the continent back.

Ghanaian children wrongly labelled as trafficked are being taken from their homes, BBC Africa Eye finds.

Scientists want to understand exactly how pathogens can jump species and what the next threat may be.

The Master Musicians of Joujouka have been performing for generations - and recently opened Glastonbury.

Kenyan cheese factory employees were reportedly made to undress after a pad was put in the wrong bin.

The leak in a shanty town near Johannesburg is linked to illegal gold mining in the area.

Senegal's Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy are the latest stars to move to Saudi Arabia but Africans already have a proud record of scoring success in the country.

Algerian journalist Maher Mezahi writes about the riots that swept through France.