Former Porto and Sporting CP boss José Peseiro is named as Nigeria's new coach, but the Portuguese will only take charge after the Africa Cup of Nations.

Tributes are paid to Anne Chidzira Muluzi, the first woman to hold the title there, who died aged 69.

Aston Villa's Trezeguet returns to the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations with Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Elneny also named.

How a joke and a LinkedIn profile helped Dublin-born Roberto Lopes get a call-up for Africa Cup of Nations-bound Cape Verde.

Prize-winning Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija called the president's son "obese" on Twitter.

How the tiny island nation of Comoros, with a side ranked 132nd in the world, made it to their first ever Africa Cup of Nations.

A Zimbabwe squad of 23 players is named for the Africa Cup of Nations despite the threat of a Fifa ban.

Nontombi Naomi Tutu says her father "went to meet his God, ready and willing".

CT scans allowed archaeologists to study Amenhotep I's body and learn about his death and burial.

Equatorial Guinea have upset the odds to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, according to former international Juvenal Edjogo.

Environmentalists hail the ruling as a victory in their efforts to protect marine life.

Al Ahly and Pitso Mosimane will face his old club Mamelodi Sundowns in the group stage of the African Champions League.

Al Ahly's Badr Benoun is one of three names added to Morocco's squad for the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Tension is high in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, as people wait to see if the ongoing political power struggle between the president and prime minister impacts on the security situation in the streets.

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo suspended Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble pending the completion of a corruption enquiry, but Mr Roble has refused to stand down, instead blaming the president for staging a coup against the government. He said the security forces should take orders only from him.

The BBC's Bella Sheegow has been canvassing opinions in the street in Mogadishu.

"Military troops that were against the president are now packed in the city and they control some parts of it. This has really caused a lot of fear... Some of the people support the prime minister, others support the president, but what everyone thinks: they don't want another war, they don't want instability, they all want elections."

(Photo: Soldiers loyal to the prime minister patrol the streets of Mogadishu. Credit: Reuters)

BBC's Malu Cursino profiles three people from across Africa who rose to the challenge in 2021.

Namibia wants to use its abundance of sunshine and wind power to make and export hydrogen.

A production of Antigone seeks to overturn prejudices about Africans arriving in Sicily.

The nation is holding a week of commemorative events after the clergyman's death at the age of 90.

The PM says the president's move over land theft allegations is an attempted coup.

The magistrate says she hopes the 20-month sentence for the oil spill will "serve as a lesson".