The move comes as the continent's exports face the possibility of high tariffs from the US.

As four African sides prepare for the Club World Cup, BBC Sport Africa looks at what impact the expanded 32-team tournament could have on the continent.

A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are "slowly starving".

South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada joins an elite Lord's club to increase the number of members to two, thanks to a five-wicket haul in the World Test Championship final.

The alleged rape is the latest allegation of misconduct made against soldiers at a controversial base in Kenya.

Three children were rescued on Tuesday reportedly found clinging to trees after their bus was swept away.

Clashing ideas over how Edgar Lungu should be honoured have led to a political standoff.

A UN human rights panel says the deal "fails to guarantee" the rights of Chagossians.

Three children have been found alive, with search and rescue operations suspended for the night.

Albert Ojwang did not die of self-inflicted injuries, pathologists say, contradicting the police.

Three opposition politicians and the former speaker of parliament have been charged over last year's Capitol fire.

A festival in south-west Nigeria combines fashion and fun connecting people to their roots.

It comes after the 71-year-old’s comments at a political rally in Paris inflamed ruling party officials back home.

Police say Albert Ojwang injured himself in a cell, but Amnesty calls the death "suspicious".

Kigali accuses the central African organisation Eccas of pandering to the demands of Kinshasa.

Military police are investigating the alleged incident near the British army's training camp in Kenya

Italy is holding a citizenship referendum and it's proving so divisive that some, including the prime minister, are boycotting it.

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

The blaze broke out a day after protests over plans to oust former speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa.

Bryan Mbeumo has become one of the most sought-after players in the English Premier League.