BBC Africa

Nigeria's Football Federation says delays in paying coaches were a 'short-term' issue and admits Gernot Rohr has only received a portion of this year's salary.

Ajax sporting director Marc Overmars confirms Moroccan star Hakim Ziyech will leave the Dutch champions in the summer transfer window.

Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony is to leave Swansea City, alongside captain Leroy Fer and several other senior players.

Hafeez Oladimeji Agoro says that, although many get scared of him at first sight, they end up wanting to take pictures with him.

South Africa women's coach Desiree Ellis springs surprises as she names her Women's World Cup squad.

The 500-year-old Portuguese monument was a navigation landmark on Africa's southwest coast.

Director is "moved" but "sad" to make history as the film festival's first black woman in competition.

Kenyan court rules that Mr Moi illegally seized 53 acres of land from a local chief 36 years ago.

Kenyan mothers whose daughters have been killed are joining a national conversation about femicide.

Facebook blocked an Israeli firm it said was behind fake accounts mostly targeting elections in Africa.

A selection of photos from across Africa this week.

Formula 1 is in talks to hold a race in Morocco, according to commercial boss Sean Bratches.

The finalists from the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations are invited to play at the African Games in Morocco rather than the under-23 sides.

Lyon's Jeremy Morel is set to play for Madagascar at the Africa Cup of Nations as he is included in an initial 23-man squad.

Galatasaray's six African players win the Turkish Cup as they aim to clinch the domestic double.

How Sheetal "Strong" Kotak from Kenya used bodybuilding to help overcome her depression.

The government is giving some compensation - but not for the land the farmers lost two decades ago.

Opposition leaders say the military is demanding barricades be dismantled before discussions resume.

The Stoke City striker was disqualified from driving for 30 months and fined £75,000.

Nigerian student Zainab Aliyu is back with her family after the dropping of her Saudi drug charges.