Basketball Africa League: Senegal, Egypt and Rwanda to host second season

The Basketball Africa League hopes to expand further in the future, with the second season in 2022 set to see 38 games in Senegal, Egypt and Rwanda.

Ghana’s Covid restrictions: Unvaccinated must get jabs on arrival

The restrictions appear to be some of the strictest in the world, with no option to self-isolate.

Meet Edouard Mendy – BBC African Sports Personality of the Year 2021 nominee

Chelsea's Senegalese Edouard Mendy became the first African goalkeeper to win the Uefa Champions League this year.

Madagascar food crisis: How a woman helped save her village from starvation

Loharano has avoided the fate of many in southern Madagascar through the use of new farming methods.

Africa’s week in pictures: 3 – 9 December 2021

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Kenya police recruits brag: ‘We are the bad ones’

A video of Kenyan police recruits acting in an intimidating fashion has been widely condemned.

Sauti Sol singer Chimano hailed in Kenya for coming out as gay

Kenyan gay rights activists welcome Sauti Sol star Chimano's decision to "no longer live a lie".

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina: Three key predictions for Africa’s economies in 2022

Why fintech, healthcare and green economy hold the key for African economies in 2022.

Meet Christine Mboma – BBC African Sports Personality of the Year 2021 nominee

Sprinter Christine Mboma, 18, became the first Namibian woman to ever win an Olympic medal earlier this year.

Ethiopia war: UN halts food aid in two towns after warehouses looted

Aid workers faced extreme intimidation and were held at gunpoint by looters, the UN says.