Nigeria Olympic star Sadiq Umar joins NAC Breda on loan from Roma

Dutch club NAC Breda sign Nigeria Olympic striker Sadiq Umar on loan from AS Roma until the end of the season.

How ‘l’affaire Houcine Arfa’ has gripped Madagascar and France

The extraordinary tale of Houcine Arfa and how he says he escaped from a prison in Madagascar to return to France.

Cedric Bakambu’s China deal may not be African record

DR Congo forward Cedric Bakambu's transfer to Beijing Guoan will not be an African record if the Chinese side can convince authorities the deal evades tax rules.

What’s the Championship of African Nations all about?

Africa’s second biggest football tournament is taking place in Morocco.

Cape Town water crisis: Residents urged to turn off toilet taps

Residents will be banned from using more than 50 litres of water a day from next month.

Sugar shortage: ‘Rations are 5kg a month’

Ethiopia is facing a chronic sugar shortage which has led to violent and lethal protests on the streets.

Tourists sexually assaulted in Senegal’s Casamance region

Earlier this month, gunmen killed 14 people in the same restive region of Casamance.

Donald Trump meets Rwanda’s Kagame at the World Economic Forum

The US president and the new head of the African Union both sang the praises of each others' countries.

Cocoa smuggling: ‘We have no choice’

More and more cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast are smuggling their crop into Ghana.

Africa’s week in pictures: 19 – 25 January 2018

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.