BBC Africa News Headlines

Illegal gold mining in Ghana picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices, despite military operations to shut them down.

Attiéké is made from fermented cassava flour and has become popular across West Africa.

Witnesses said the celebration by Arsenal fans angered the security guard.

Zambia striker Barbra Banda and Malawi's Chawinga sisters Tabitha and Temwa are on the five-strong shortlist to become African Women's Footballer of the Year.

The body of Edwin Chiloba was found dumped in a box last year, sparking global condemnation.

Namibia's Swapo records its worst election performance - continuing a trend seen across Africa.

England fall to a six-wicket defeat by South Africa in the opening one-day international after Laura Wolvaardt's unbeaten half-century.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has experienced exile, detention and a quarter of a century in top government posts.

Authorities say those infected have symptoms including headaches, fever and a runny nose.

Ghanaians are about to elect a new president amid concerns about inflation, unemployment and debt.

After Angola's Bastos became the first African to win the Copa Libertadores, could his triumph with Botafogo open more doors for footballers from the continent?

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

Joe Biden will highlight a massive new railway project to help transport critical minerals to the US.

Uganda is facing condemnation following the arrest of the veteran politician while in Kenya.

Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien on coaching in Denmark and learning from Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.

Massacres scar the Sudanese town of el-Geneina, now a near-empty city as the 19-month war grinds on.

Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan are named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards.

Woman's body thrown overboard after boat abandoned by people smugglers in the Indian Ocean.

Growing up in poverty, Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi herded cattle as a boy and endured the sudden death of his father before finding purpose in athletics.

Growing up in poverty, Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi herded cattle as a boy and endured the sudden death of his father before finding purpose in athletics.

Zimbabwe's parliament was plunged into darkness after the finance minister's budget speech.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

Owas Mwape posted on Facebook about his son's drug addiction - and then met up with him for a BBC interview.

With his two-goal performance against Nice, has Hamza Igamane pushed himself to the front of the queue to start up front for Rangers?

A shadowy operative appears to overstep his mark in the battle for Russian influence in Africa.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet writes about the horrific effects of the 19-month civil war in Sudan.

England equal their third-highest score in women's T20 internationals to cruise to victory against South Africa and seal the three-match series with a game to spare.

What's it like to be the child of the world's longest detained journalist? Dawit Isaak's daughter speaks to the BBC.

Nations across the continent are eager to promote themselves as destinations for the curious visitor.

The Prince of Wales is on a trip in South Africa promoting his Earthshot environmental prize.

How much do we really understand about the virus formerly known as monkeypox?

Climate change is wreaking havoc on farmers in Nigeria.