Libya to close ‘inhuman’ migrant detention centres after outcry

One of the three centres to close was bombed last month amid fighting between rival Libyan forces.

The Nigerian woman who married her husband after his death

Chinyere joined her husband Ikemefuna's family after his death as part of an Igbo custom in Nigeria.

Africa’s week in pictures: 26 July – 1 August 2019

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

Nicolas Pepe: Arsenal sign Lille winger for club record fee

Arsenal sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m.

Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mogadishu mayor, dies after suicide bombing

The mayor had returned from the UK to help rebuild his country after years of war.

Kenyan survivors: Cancer is ‘national disaster’

Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.

Kenya ‘should declare national disaster’ on cancer

Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.

Ebola crisis: Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo amid outbreak

The brief closure happened after a third death from Ebola was identified in the border city of Goma.

Ebola: One year on from Democratic Republic Congo outbreak

Myths and conflict are hampering efforts to stop the disease spreading through a mobile population.

What are the US’s intentions in Africa?

Can the US compete with China's huge investments in the continent?