Premier League clubs paid agents over $290m
Copperleaf2018-04-03T21:27:44+01:00New figures reveal Premier League clubs paid agents £211m over the past year, a £37m increase on 2016-17. Source: BBC African news
April 2018
Israel suspends plan to send African migrants to West
Copperleaf2018-04-03T03:54:07+01:00PM Benjamin Netanyahu suspends a plan that would see African migrants sent to Western countries. Source: BBC African news
Meet the Ethiopian man who walks on his hands
Copperleaf2018-04-02T23:37:37+01:00Dirar Abohoy lives for walking on his hands. Just don't ask his mum what she thinks of his hobby. Source: BBC African news
Winnie Mandela: Tributes paid to "Mother of the Nation"
Copperleaf2018-04-02T23:09:26+01:00President Cyril Ramphosa and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu pay tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Source: BBC African news
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81
Copperleaf2018-04-02T19:48:20+01:00The anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of the late Nelson Mandela has died aged 81. Source: BBC African news
Algeria backs Morocco 2026 World Cup bid
Copperleaf2018-04-02T17:09:04+01:00The Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports announces his country's official support for Morocco's bid to host the World Cup in 2026. Source: BBC African news
Boko Haram attack: More than a dozen dead in Maiduguri
Copperleaf2018-04-02T09:42:44+01:00More than a dozen people died after the Islamist militants launched an attack in Borno State. Source: BBC African news
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wants to resolve Eritrea disputes
Copperleaf2018-04-02T08:50:37+01:00In a televised speech after his swearing-in, Mr Ahmed says he wants to end "years of misunderstandings". Source: BBC African news
Man United U-23 player Kehinde pledges future to Nigeria
Copperleaf2018-04-02T08:22:50+01:00Manchester United U-23 player Tosin Kehinde sets his sights on playing for Nigeria and is already making moves to become a Super Eagle. Source: BBC African news
Somalia al-Shabab: African Union base under attack
Copperleaf2018-04-01T21:58:28+01:00Al-Shabab fighters mount a ferocious gun and bomb attack on the facility south-west of Mogadishu. Source: BBC African news
Morocco’s Ait Bennasser facing race to be fit for World Cup
Copperleaf2018-04-01T15:53:03+01:00Youssef Ait Bennasser is ruled out until May with a thigh injury and faces a fight to be fully fit for Morocco's World Cup campaign. Source: BBC African news
Pope Francis baptises Italy's 'migrant hero' at Easter service
Copperleaf2018-04-01T03:30:23+01:00A Nigerian man who stopped a supermarket thief armed with a cleaver is baptised by the Pope. Source: BBC African news
Nigerian senator salary calculator: How do you compare?
Copperleaf2018-04-01T00:52:23+01:00Compare your pay to Nigerian senators, who are entitled to $37,500 a month each for expenses. Source: BBC African news
March 2018
Mali jihadist faces war crimes charges at International Criminal Court
Copperleaf2018-03-31T23:10:09+01:00Mali handed the suspect over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Source: BBC African news
Sierra Leone votes in run-off between Maada Bio and Kamara
Copperleaf2018-03-31T03:35:34+01:00The vote was delayed after an allegation of electoral fraud in the first round earlier this month. Source: BBC African news
Lake Chad: Can the vanishing lake be saved?
Copperleaf2018-03-31T01:18:45+01:00It's been shrinking fast, but could a plan to divert water to one of Africa's largest lakes stop it disappearing? Source: BBC African news
In pictures: The churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia
Copperleaf2018-03-31T00:32:27+01:00Ahead of Easter, the BBC's Frank Gardner's visit the churches of Ethiopia. Source: BBC African news
The country where children fear election time
Copperleaf2018-03-30T23:25:53+01:00Parents in Sierra Leone have been warned to take extra care of their children this election period as it's feared they could be ritually killed. Source: BBC African news
Mauritania court gives toughest sentence for slave owners
Copperleaf2018-03-30T19:08:44+01:00A man and a woman are sentenced in a country where slavery is widespread and convictions rare. Source: BBC African news
Grace Mugabe's farm invaded by Zimbabwe gold diggers
Copperleaf2018-03-30T08:44:23+01:00Zimbabwe's former first lady reports to the police that 400 illegal gold panners invade her farm. Source: BBC African news