Africa

Hosts Zambia reach the final of the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time after beating South Africa 1-0 after extra-time in Lusaka.

How will the six-week closure of Nigeria's main airport in Abuja affect passengers?

Take What's Up Africa's quiz to see if could head Kenya's fight against corruption.

Commending recent progress, including the launch of interim authorities in Kidal, northern Mali, the United Nations together with regional blocs urged the parties to the peace agreement in the African nation to overcome the difficulties which are impeding the establishment of such authorities in the Taoudéni and Timbuktu regions.

The man's mother has pleaded for his release, saying his only crime was to "fall in love".

Zimbabwe FA chairman Phillip Chiyangwa is prepared to take legal action against Caf following a row about a meeting he held.

Abuja airport is shutting for six weeks with passengers being diverted to a tiny airport a two-hour drive away.

A charity backs swimming lessons in Zanzibar in an effort to stop people on the island from drowning.

The mayor of Senegal's capital is detained for allegedly embezzling nearly $3m, which he denies.

The head of Zimbabwean media company, AB Communications, gives her five tips for women who want to be successful in media.

South Africa halts ICC withdrawal after the High Court ruled it needed parliamentary approval first.

The armed thieves stole a haul of foreign currency in "Hollywood-style airport heist", reports say.

A powerful storm has brought strong winds and torrential rain to the island of Madagascar.

When the 2014 Ebola outbreak hit west Africa, the available vaccine had not been tested on humans.

Sudan and Somalia hit back at President Trump's new travel ban against six mainly Muslim nations.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa examines the attitude of Nigerians to holidaying, at a time when President Muhammadu Buhari has spent more than a month on "medical vacation" in the UK.

Hearing the heart-wrenching stories of desperate families displaced in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine in the drought-striken Horn of Africa nation and curb the spread of cholera.

Populist politician Geert Wilders has turned his fire on Moroccans, but his campaign is faltering.

How a school science lab experiment is helping tackle the polluting smog that chokes Egypt's cities.

The United Nations political affairs chief today stressed that West Africa could be a model of how the UN can work with local partners in bringing stability to regions or sub-regions.