How English footballer Stanley Matthews conquered Ghana

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha signs a five-year contract extension with the Premier League club.

Africa Day is 25 May, it marks the creation of the Organisation of African Unity, now called the African Union.

Senegal's hopes of qualifying for the second round of the Fifa Under-20 World Cup take a knock after 1-0 defeat to the United States.

Flying between the West African capitals of Freetown and Banjul should take about an hour. But as the BBC's Umaru Fofana found out, it can be quicker and easier to fly via Morocco or even Belgium.