Zambia's president orders the air force to help fight army worms threatening crops.
Children could die of starvation in Nigeria unless they receive urgent aid, the UN warns.
A Tunisian man is detained in Berlin in connection with last week's attack on the Christmas market.
President Ernest Bai Koroma has given Sierra Leone's football guardians until March 2017 to resolve their differences.
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha is named in Ivory Coast's provisional 24-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino says football federations are "overwhelmingly in favour" of plans for a 48-team World Cup.
Nigeria's main Muslim cleric rejects a proposed law to end gender discrimination over inheritance.
Schneiderlin to Everton? Barkley to Spurs? BBC Sport looks at players who could be on the move when the January transfer window opens.
Buhari's gaffe, #OromoProtests and death of Papa Wemba among stories that lit up African social media in 2016.
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