Zanzibar beat Cecafa Challenge Cup holders Uganda to earn a place against hosts Kenya in the final of the East and Central African football Championship

Amasa Firdaus was refused entry in Nigeria after insisting on wearing a headscarf under her wig.

Dutch judges give Eshetu Alemu a life term for his role in the "Red Terror" purges of the 1970s.

South Africa's ruling party is getting ready to choose a new leader. Here is what you need to know.

The National Museum of Kenya has started a new programme to digitally preserve African artefacts.

The more than 3,000-year-old burials are among three recent discoveries near the city of Aswan.

Food technologist and entrepreneur Dr Evelyn Okoth is turning cactus into a cash crop.

Post-election uncertainty in Kenya has affected business.

South Africa's president is a man whose rule has split his country down the middle.

Stoke City's Mame Biram Diouf says matching Senegal's World Cup quarter-final place of 2002 is going to be very tough for the current squad.

Flights at the hub, opened only last week, are disrupted in a stoppage by air traffic controllers.

Former Egypt international defender Hany Ramzy is named as the new coach of Libya.

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this week.