Africa

The 1966 World Cup is the only World Cup in history to have been boycotted by a continental federation.

Discount chain Poundland agrees to a £597m takeover by South African retail group Steinhoff International.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sends a military task force to combat gangs of cattle rustlers in the north-western state of Zamfara.

Gabon striker Malick Evouna is set to join Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda from Al Ahly for a record fee paid to an African club.

Well known Burundian politician and former BBC journalist Hafsa Mossi is shot dead - the latest killing in a year of unrest.

Egypt's security services have forcibly made hundreds of people disappear and tortured them in a campaign to tackle dissent, Amnesty International says.

A Zimbabwean Pastor, Evan Mawarire, has been charged with inciting public violence and disturbing the peace after a series of protests.

The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse finishes its penultimate flight, landing in Egypt's capital, Cairo, after a 48-hour flight from Seville.

Most comic book superheroes are Europeans or white Americans but one artist in South Africa has been trying to change that.

Why are Zimbabweans being urged to observe a two-day national "shutdown"?

Ugandans have been poking fun at their president after he was snapped seated on a deckchair on the side of a village road, chatting on the phone.

At South Africa's National arts festival, trombone-playing jazz singer Siya Makuzeni explains how she manages to perform both.

The BBC's Piers Edwards explains the little-known story behind the African boycott to the 1966 World Cup, the only World Cup in history to have been snubbed by an entire continent.

Ahead of a meeting with the United Nations Security Council tomorrow on South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the body to impose an immediate arms embargo, enact additional targeted sanctions on leaders and commanders blocking implementation of the peace deal, and to fortify the UN mission in the country, which has seen a resurgence of deadly violence in recent days.

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel must expand intelligence gathering capacities to counter militant threats, such as those posed by Boko Haram, the head of the United Nations operation for that region said today.

A profile of Eder, the footballer who scored the goal that won the Euro 2016 final for Portugal but who was born in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau and grew up in a care home.

Two residents of South Sudan's capital, Juba, speak about life in the city as clashes between rival groups of soldiers continue.

How Daniele Henkel escaped Algeria before the start of its civil war, and started a health and beauty business in Canada that made her a multi-millionaire.

India's prime minister is on an African charm offensive, visiting four nations where he hopes to tie up energy and trade deals and remind the continent of their cultural and historical bonds. But how do things stand now?