Africa

Only by fulfilling the minimum conditions of the Conakry Agreement can Guinea-Bissau make progress towards breaking its years-long political crisis, the United Nations envoy for the country told the Security Council today, calling for better coordinated, sustained international involvement.

A senior United Nations peacekeeping official today called on the leaders of South Sudan to show genuine political will to achieve sustainable peace in the strife-riven country, stressing that those whose long-time rivalry sparked the ongoing conflict can be the ones to resolve it.

Egungun - the festival where "spirits" come to life. Photographs by Charlie Northcott & Joshua Akinyemi.

Huddersfield Town sign Nurnberg forward Abdelhamid Sabiri for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.

Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the world's second-longest serving president, is stepping down.

Egypt's foreign ministry says the move - not yet announced by Washington - reflects "poor judgement".

Former England youth international Ola Aina is named in Nigeria's squad for September's back-to-back 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon.

Rhino breeder John Hume says open trade is the only way to raise funds for the species and stop poaching.

Alastair Leithead assesses the consequences for a country where women have an average 7.6 children each.

Women in Niger have an average of more than seven children each - the highest birth rate in the world.

Five survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide give harrowing accounts of their loss and how they escaped death.

Diplomacy has triumphed over justice in the assault case against Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe in South Africa, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani.

There have been 83 cases so far this year - four times as many as all of last year, the UN says.

Muhammadu Buhari has just returned from extended medical leave, but now has an office infestation.

Food lovers in Nigeria have been attending the inaugural Jollof festival in the commercial capital Lagos.

Police say most victims were sex workers who had been raped and strangled.

Just weeks after the Libyan city was declared liberated from Islamists, footage shows more bloodshed.

Africa's population is set to boom over the next few decades - reaching 2.5 billion people by 2050. Scientists in Kenya are trying to find ways of growing enough food for everyone.

Angolans go to the polls on Wednesday as President Dos Santos steps down after 38 years in power.

Ajax Cape Town announce they have reached a deal to sell Rivaldo Coetzee to Celtic, pending a medical and work permit application.