Guinea sack senior national coach Kanfory Bangoura after their early CHAN exit while also losing an appeal that could have kept them in the Morocco tournament. Source: BBC African news
The facility says claims new mothers were attacked on their way to feed their babies are "untrue". Source: BBC African news
A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. Source: BBC African news
Uganda's only machine broke in 2016, leaving hundreds of patients without adequate care. Source: BBC African news
Zambia edged closer to the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship in Morocco when beating Ivory Coast 2-0 in Marrakech. Source: BBC African news
Roy Bennett, a farmer who became a thorn in the side of Robert Mugabe, is killed alongside his wife. Source: BBC African news
The Court of Arbitration for Sport lifts a five-year ban imposed on Senegalese side US Ouakam after crowd violence left at least eight people dead at last year's League Cup final. Source: BBC African news
Villarreal's Cedric Bakambu is set to become the most expensive African footballer ever as Chinese club Beijing Guoan close on a £65m deal. Source: BBC African news
The group was reportedly travelling in two separate vehicles to the capital of Abuja. Source: BBC African news
A monkey from Ethiopia and Sudan with a distinctive "handlebar moustache" has been identified as a distinct species. Source: BBC African news
Merera Gudina is the first of more than 500 prisoners the government has said it will release. Source: BBC African news
Riyan Abukar Ali is determined to succeed as a fisherwoman in Somalia, in a trade dominated by men. Source: BBC African news
Memory is among the themes featuring at the African Biennale of Photography in Mali's capital. Source: BBC African news
A controversial penalty gives Congo a win over Cameroon while Burkina Faso and Angola settle for a draw at the African Nations Championship. Source: BBC African news
Kelechi Iheanacho becomes the first player to score a goal awarded by a video referee in English football as Leicester beat Fleetwood. Source: BBC African news
Joseph Warungu peeps into WhatsApp groups to find out who the group administrators really are. Source: BBC African news
The men were of North African origin, police said, and survivors are getting medical treatment. Source: BBC African news
Former winners Libya open their 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign with a 3-0 win over Equatorial Guinea in Group C in Tangier. Source: BBC African news
Fifa reveals that it banned Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life after he took decisions 'to make certain bets successful' during a 2018 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal. Source: BBC African news
The US president says he is the "least racist person", after the row over reported crude remarks. Source: BBC African news
