Red Cross apologise for losing $5m of Ebola funds to fraud

Auditors found bills for fraudulently overpriced supplies and salaries for non-existent aid workers.

Kenya election law amendment takes effect

It is now more difficult for the Supreme Court to annul elections, as it did in September.

Wydad are crowned African champions

Morocco's Wydad Casablanca win the African Champions League for the second time in their history after victory over Egypt's Al Ahly in the final.

Oscar Pistorius: Prosecutors appeal for longer sentence

Prosecutors tell South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal he should be jailed for 15 years, not six.

Bird flu hits South Africa’s poultry industry

An outbreak of bird flu has hit the poultry industry in South Africa.

Africa’s top shots: 27 October-2 November 2017

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Cultural colonialism

Journalist Elizabeth Ohene argues that African identities remain in thrall to the continent's colonial past.

Reality Check

Do people on South Africa's farms get killed more often than other people in the country?

Tulip Mazumdar: Why plague caught Madagascar unaware

The African country has been battling the worst outbreak in recent times.

Sudan’s ‘Starbucks’

Sudanese businesses have been innovating under two decades of US sanctions.