Uganda’s Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence

Rights campaigners say Stella Nyanzi's 18-month sentence for criticising Uganda's president is "outrageous".

Ronald Reagan: No defence for ‘monkeys’ remark, says daughter

There is no excuse for comments made by the late former US president in 1971, his daughter writes.

Molefi Ntseki steps in as Stuart Baxter resigns as South Africa coach

Molefi Ntseki is named as South Africa's interim coach after Stuart Baxter steps down as Bafana Bafana boss.

Stuart Baxter steps down as South Africa coach

Stuart Baxter steps down as South Africa coach less than a month after leading Bafana Bafana to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Libya to close ‘inhuman’ migrant detention centres after outcry

One of the three centres to close was bombed last month amid fighting between rival Libyan forces.

The Nigerian woman who married her husband after his death

Chinyere joined her husband Ikemefuna's family after his death as part of an Igbo custom in Nigeria.

Africa’s week in pictures: 26 July – 1 August 2019

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

Nicolas Pepe: Arsenal sign Lille winger for club record fee

Arsenal sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m.

Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mogadishu mayor, dies after suicide bombing

The mayor had returned from the UK to help rebuild his country after years of war.

Kenyan survivors: Cancer is ‘national disaster’

Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.