Ransomware hits Johannesburg electricity supply

A ransomware attack is blamed for causing electricity supply problems in South Africa's biggest city.

Fifa bans former Sierra Leone FA official for five years

Former Sierra Leone Football Association official Abu Bakarr Kabba is the latest person to be banned by Fifa.

Boris Johnson: Should Africa shrug, smile or scowl?

The age of empire is long gone, and the UK has to compete with other powers for influence in Africa.

Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2019

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

How women’s lives were revolutionised in Tunisia

In August 1956 newly independent Tunisia introduced a set of laws which revolutionised women's lives.

Google Maps: Lagosians react to the new Nigerian accent

The Google Maps navigation service now reads directions with a Nigerian accent.

Libya shipwreck: Scores of migrants feared drowned

At least 115 people are missing and more than 130 have been rescued, a Libyan naval official says.

Obituary: Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi

Beji Caid Essebsi was a secularist who became Tunisia's first freely elected president in 2014.

Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria

Action Against Hunger is "strongly urging" captors to release the six employees.

Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria

Action Against Hunger is "strongly urging" captors to release the six employees.