Zamalek must pay ex-player Acheampong $1m or face transfer ban

Egyptian giants Zamalek will be handed a transfer ban at the end of March unless the club pays its former player Benjamin Acheampong over $1m.

Angelina Jolie sells Winston Churchill painting for record £7m

The Tower Of The Koutoubia Mosque, owned by the actress, is sold to an unidentified buyer.

Nigeria school abduction: Hundreds of girls released by gunmen

Girls among a group of nearly 300 abducted last week speak of their ordeal following their release.

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru detained by military

Girmay Gebru and four others were taken from a café in the regional capital Mekelle, witnesses say.

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru detained by military

Girmay Gebru and four others were taken from a café in the regional capital Mekelle, witnesses say.

Love Island: South Africa’s reality show is ‘too white’

Viewers are asking why most contestants in the reality show are white in the majority-black country.

Covax: Ivory Coast and Ghana begin mass Covid vaccination rollouts

Ivory Coast and Ghana start using Covid vaccines provided by a scheme to help poorer nations.

Nigeria’s school abductions: Why children are being targeted

Paying ransoms to kidnappers is fuelling the mass abduction of students in northern Nigeria, analysts say.

African Champions League: Mixed fortunes for SA teams

There were mixed fortunes for South African clubs in two delayed African Champions League ties.

Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands

A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa is on a mission to some dangerous and drug-infested areas.