Officials relax restrictions noting lower hospital admissions from the Omicron variant than feared.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner's body will lie in state in a simple coffin for two days.
Teenage Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri is named in Tunisia's squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Striker Victor Osimhen contracts coronavirus for a second time, just 12 days before Nigeria's first match at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Guinea-Bissau boss Baciro Cande names a 24-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, with half of his selection based in Portugal.
Professor Tulio de Oliveira who helped first detect Omicron says Africa plays a big role in fighting Covid.
Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cape Verde are in Group A at the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Cameroon on 9 January.
The Africa Cup of Nations is being "disrespected" by some negative media coverage, says former England striker Ian Wright.
The coffin of the archbishop who died on Sunday has arrived at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.
A look back at some of the prominent figures on the African continent who we said farewell to this year.
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