World Cup 2018: ‘The boy I knew has become a man’ – Drogba on Lukaku

"He has a desire to improve and determination to win" - Didier Drogba on the rise of friend and former team-mate Romelu Lukaku.

Senegal ask Fifa to revise new fair play ruling

Senegal's football federation (FSF) asks Fifa to revise its new fair play ruling which resulted in the Africans' World Cup exit on Thursday.

The Nigerian imam who saved Christians from Muslim gunmen

Villagers say the imam risked his life to shelter them, after they fled an attack by cattle herders.

The women paid to cry at the funerals of strangers

Professional mourners in Ghana are paid to attend the funerals of strangers.

The women paid to cry at the funerals of strangers

Professional mourners in Ghana are paid to attend the funerals of strangers.

‘I choreographed This is America, and this is my story’

Meet 23-year-old Sherrie Silver, who masterminded the dance choreography on Childish Gambino's This is America.

Bringing Gay Pride to Africa’s last absolute monarchy

The kingdom of Swaziland, now known as eSwatini, is holding its first gay pride march - despite homosexuality being illegal.

DR Congo: Oil drilling allowed in Virguna, Salonga parks

Virunga and Salonga national parks in DR Congo are home to threatened mountain gorillas and bonobo.

Hillal Soudani: Nottingham Forest sign Algerian forward for undisclosed fee

Nottingham Forest sign Algerian international Hillal Soudani for an undisclosed fee from Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.

Yemisi Adegoke: How fake news fuels Nigeria’s herder crisis

Fake pictures on social media are inflaming tensions after deadly clashes between farmers and cattle herders.