Nigeria head coach Jose Peseiro announces his departure, despite guiding the Super Eagles to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

A professor talks about how human rights activists plan to challenge the country's new anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

The government blames Binance for the recent collapse of the naira, and has arrested two executives.

Ghana’s state-run electricity company cut power supplies over a debt of 23m Ghanaian cedi ($1.8m).

The Nigerian Afrobeats star appears in religious regalia and throws money at his dancers.

Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who has died aged 98, allowed multiparty elections and free trade in Tanzania.

The Djamaa el Djazaïr mosque is Africa's largest mosque and the third largest in the world.

A UN envoy says gang violence has reached a critical point, with nearly 5,000 deaths reported last year.

"Iwájú," a 6-episode animated series set in a futuristic Lagos has been released this week.

The men will be executed by a firing squad if their appeal against the sentence fails.

The outage interrupted a debate on the president's State of the Nation speech before a generator kicked in.

The figure, which covers a five-year period, is revealed in a report by the government's spending watchdog.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.