Africa

Riyad Mahrez is “very proud and very happy” to be named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. The Algerian midfielder said the award was “a great honour”.

Delphine Traore Maidou from Burkina Faso is the head of insurance giant Allianz in Africa and she wants to see more people who “look like her” in the top jobs. In her work she tries to mentor others so she doesn’t end up “sitting alone in the C-suite as a …

Media captionFootage of the aftermath of the roof collapse – there is no sound on this video At least 100 bodies have been recovered from a church that collapsed in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Uyo. Some reports put the number even higher. The roof of the church caved in …

Media captionLocal police say improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were used in the attack. Two girls said to be aged seven or eight have been used to bomb a market in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one other person and wounding 18. Police in the town of Maiduguri, Borno state, say …

Media captionNana Akufo-Addo said he would “take the politics out” of a new corruption investigation Ghana’s President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo says he will set up a special team to investigate corruption but said it would not be a “witch-hunt”. He said his government would distance itself by allowing an independent prosecutor …

Image copyright Twitter / @PaolaAudrey There was the Ice Bucket Challenge, then there was the Mannequin Challenge, now from Cameroon comes the Bidoung Challenge. When Cameroon’s Sports Minister Pierre Ismael Bidoung Mpkatt bowed and shook the hand of President Paul Biya, the image of the greeting went viral. The hashtags …

Image copyright Reuters The Gambia’s opposition coalition has asked President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately, after he challenged his defeat in the recent election. Mr Jammeh initially accepted the result but then reversed his decision, saying he would annul the vote. The UN Security Council met on Monday and …

Media playback is not supported on this device Mahrez on AFOTY win: I am very proud and very happy Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Fans from across the world voted for the Algeria and Leicester midfielder ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, …