Perfume maker Agata Karolina tells the BBC about the business of making scents from scratch.

Filming of a plane hijacking movie at Malta airport is halted amid the real hijacking of a Libyan Airbus A320.

Footage shows a man being arrested after the Libya Malta hijack. He acted with another man who was also arrested.

Newcastle's Jonjo Shelvey was banned for racial abuse on the strength of "clear and compelling" evidence, the FA confirms.

The number of migrants who drown trying to reach Europe has reached a record 5,000, the UN says.

Bournemouth's Benik Afobe is named in DR Congo's preliminary squad for January's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon.

The Nigeria Football Federation demands proof of claims by former captain Daniel Amokachi that some players pay to be named in national teams.

A gas explosion kills at least five people and injures dozens in Ghana's capital, Accra.

Nice midfielder Younes Belhanda is ruled out of Morocco's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Gabon with a toe injury.

Senegalese troops are on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Jammeh refuses to go, mediators say.

A Libyan plane heading to Tripoli is hijacked and forced to land in Malta, Afriqiyah Airways confirms.

Event company owner Ibidunni Ighodalo talks to the BBC about her wedding business.

Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri has been shot dead by police in Milan, officials confirm.

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

Watford striker Odion Ighalo admits watching the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon will be hard for Nigeria's players and supporters.

Senegal is the highest ranked football team in Africa and one reason is local academies such as Generation Foot.

There is no evidence of "plastic rice" in Nigeria, officials say, contradicting earlier reports.

An experimental vaccine is found to be highly effective against the deadly Ebola virus.

Photographer Boukary Konate is documenting scenes from rural life in his native Mali for the "internet generation", and before this way of life disappears entirely.