Africa

One-time England defender Steven Caulker is named in the Sierra Leone squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea and Malawi are in Group B of the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Cameroon on 9 January.

Computer scientist Erico Pinheiro has invented a drone system to deliver medical supplies to the remote communities of his island nation Cape Verde.

Officials relax restrictions noting lower hospital admissions from the Omicron variant than feared.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner's body will lie in state in a simple coffin for two days.

Teenage Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri is named in Tunisia's squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Striker Victor Osimhen contracts coronavirus for a second time, just 12 days before Nigeria's first match at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Guinea-Bissau boss Baciro Cande names a 24-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, with half of his selection based in Portugal.

Professor Tulio de Oliveira who helped first detect Omicron says Africa plays a big role in fighting Covid.

Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cape Verde are in Group A at the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Cameroon on 9 January.

The Africa Cup of Nations is being "disrespected" by some negative media coverage, says former England striker Ian Wright.

The coffin of the archbishop will remain at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town for two days.

A look back at some of the prominent figures on the African continent who we said farewell to this year.

Politicians and leaders of different faiths gathered in Cape Town to remember the anti-apartheid leader.

Tributes are paid to Anne Chidzira Muluzi, the first woman to hold the title there, who died aged 69.

Aston Villa's Trezeguet returns to the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations with Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Elneny also named.

How a joke and a LinkedIn profile helped Dublin-born Roberto Lopes get a call-up for Africa Cup of Nations-bound Cape Verde.

The French carmaker features a pop star taking a photo of a woman apparently without her consent.

Prize-winning Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija called the president's son "obese" on Twitter.

How the tiny island nation of Comoros made it to their first ever Afcon finals.