Twenty years in the making: Senegal’s coaching hero

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How Aliou Cisse, a workmanlike player who became a disciplinarian coach, led Senegal to their first Africa Cup of Nations title.

What’s behind the recent coups in Africa?

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There have been eight coups, successful and unsuccessful, in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2022.

Democracy in Africa: Spate of coups don’t mean democracy’s end

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Two experts argue that democracy is still the way forward for the continent, despite some set backs.

Rayan: Morocco holds funeral for five-year-old boy

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Five-year-old Rayan Oram died despite a painstaking rescue effort to free him from a well over the weekend.

Afcon 2021: Sadio Mane describes Senegal victory as ‘the best day and best trophy’ of his life

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Liverpool's Sadio Mane says winning Senegal's first Africa Cup of Nations is "the best day and best trophy" of his life.

Afcon 2021: Senegal team thrown hero’s welcome after win

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Monday was declared a public holiday after Senegal won its first ever Africa Cup of Nations.

Rayan: Morocco holds funeral for five-year-old who died trapped in well

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Five-year-old Rayan Oram died despite a painstaking rescue effort to free him at the weekend.

Nigeria’s renters may no longer have to pay a year in advance

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Nigerian landlords have long demanded a year's rent upfront - up to $20,000 - but that might soon change.

Kush: Sierra Leone’s new illegal drug

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With Kush use spreading rapidly, local film-maker Tyson Conteh asks whether Sierra Leone can stop the march of this dangerously addictive high.

Cyclone Batsirai: Whole villages swept away in Madagascar

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At least 10 people have been killed and nearly 50,000 displaced after Cyclone Batsirai tore through Madagascar.