BBC Africa

Forward Bakary Sako rejoins Crystal Palace from West Brom on a deal until the end of the season.

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed is suspended for four matches for making a racist remark towards South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo.

Krio Borbor is from Utah, but speaks Krio and loves his life in Sierra Leone.

With IS on its last legs in Syria, the BBC's Frank Gardner explores why violent jihad will endure.

Alain Djeumfa is appointed as coach of Cameroon's national women's team, just four months before the start of the World Cup in France.

African football legend, Mulamba Ndaye, who still holds the record for most goals scored at a single Nations Cup, has died in South Africa at the age of 70.

President Buhari faces international pressure after suspending the country's top judge before an election.

The coach of Nigerian Premier League club Katsina United, Abdullahi Biffo, who was kidnapped in northern Nigeria on 7 January has been freed.

Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri confirms Medhi Benatia is leaving the club, with the Serie A leaders set to re-sign Martin Caceres as his replacement.

The airport that helped a drone fly within its exclusion zone in a world-first technology test.

Kenyan freestyle footballer Oscar aspires to be like his hero Ronaldinho.

Ghana's 'Kumawood' film studios are reviving the country's creative industry.

Kenyan motorbikers Dos and Wamuyu Karuiki have set off on a journey of a lifetime.

State-owned media say cleaners are accused of stealing much more than the $150,000 initially reported.

Three students are arrested following the physics teacher's death in the Kenyan city of Nakuru.

Lessons at the University of Pretoria will now mostly be in English, in the hopes of "transforming the culture".

World football's governing body Fifa imposes a life ban on retired Niger referee Ibrahim Chaibou from all football-related activities.

Senegal defender Moussa Wague is handed a four-match ban by the Spanish Football Federation after his sending-off during Barcelona B's 1-0 defeat at Ejea.

A spat between Italy and France has reignited a debate over French involvement in its former African colonies.

A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week.