Nigeria team to ‘host’ Confed Cup tie in Benin

The rescheduled Confederation Cup tie between Nigeria's Rivers United and South Africa's Bloemfontein Celtic will be played in Benin.

Handball World Championships: Cape Verde ready for global debut

Cape Verde make their debut at a global team tournament as they take part in the Men's World Handball Championships in Egypt.

Handball World Championships: Cape Verde ready for global debut

Cape Verde make their debut at a global team tournament as they take part in the Men's World Handball Championships in Egypt.

Handball World Championships: Cape Verde ready for global debut

Cape Verde make their debut at a global team tournament as they take part in the Men's World Handball Championships in Egypt.

Handball World Championships: Cape Verde ready for global debut

Cape Verde make their debut at a global team tournament as they take part in the Men's World Handball Championships in Egypt.

Uganda elections 2021: ‘We want peace’

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga speaks to voters as they wait to cast their ballots.

Uganda elections 2021: Bobi Wine takes on Yoweri Museveni

The internet is shut down and security stepped as counting gets under way after a deadly campaign.

Africa secures 270m Covid-19 vaccine doses

It tops up doses already promised as officials worry that Africa is at the back of the vaccine queue.

CHAN 2020: Covid-19 rules, tickets, security for the tournament in Cameroon

The delayed 2020 African Nations Championship, also known as CHAN, kicks off in Cameroon on Saturday.

Viewpoint: Global media’s Nigeria abductions coverage ‘wrong’

Novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani criticises coverage of the kidnapping of schoolchildren.