Africa

Five of the countries who have qualified for next year's Nations Cup finals will continue preparations with friendly internationals on Tuesday.

Olivette Otele is the first black woman to be made a professor of history in the UK and she's on this year's BBC 100 Women list.

We have to "try that much harder" to get girls an education, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed tells BBC 100 Women.

Dress is a touchy subject in Sudan, where fashion can get you into trouble - now men are being targeted.

Mauritania qualify for an Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in their history as Guinea and Ivory Coast also go through to Cameroon 2019.

Male dominance in Ethiopia is being challenged with the appointment of women to powerful government posts, writes Hana Zeratsyon.

The UN wants to recruit more women as peacekeepers. In Mali at present they make up just 3% of a 15,000-strong force.

Meet the special effects makeup artist creating blood and gore for the Nigerian film industry.

Watch some of the best goals scored by BBC Sport's African footballer of the year nominees in 2018.

BBC Sport profiles Senegal and Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, a nominee for the BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2018.

Vote for your BBC African Footballer of the Year from the shortlist of Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane, Thomas Partey and Mohamed Salah.

Barbra Banda, who will play for Zambia at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations starting on Saturday, is also a top-level boxer.

Ghanaian-American rapper turned director Blitz Bazawule talks about his new film

Reports of girls giving birth in the exam period prompted a government inquiry into teenage pregnancy.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is intensifying his crackdown on the military and spy agency.

Journalist Peter Tah describes how life in the Cameroon city of Bamenda has ground to a halt due to the separatist conflict.

This living laboratory could hold the key to controlling malaria and other conditions.

Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is looking for the skull of a rebel Tanzanian chief who was executed by German colonisers.

The Eritrean family have just arrived in Canada from a refugee camp in Sudan.