Ebola crisis has a serious financial effect on West Africa

Some of Kinshasa's residents have big aspirations for DR Congo - so much so that they have started renaming suburbs with the names of faraway capital cities whose style they admire.

Ghana drop goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey and Michael Essien from squad for upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The manager of a radio station in Somalia tells the BBC he is in hiding after the authorities took it off air, accusing it of spreading hate messages.

Former Black Stars' coach Milovan Rajevac is being tipped to become Ghana's new technical adviser to work with Kwesi Appiah again.

A BBC podcast with health advice about the Ebola outbreak

Ivory Coast's Nations Cup match at home to Sierra Leone is in doubt because of a ban on international sports events in the country.

Security forces in Liberia's capital deploy to enforce a quarantine in a large slum area in Monrovia in order to contain the spread of Ebola.

The Italian Football Federation president will face disciplinary investigations from Uefa over alleged racist comments.

A huge fire rips through the Nigeria Football Federation building in the country's capital Abuja on Wednesday.

Shares in South Africa’s largest banks have fallen after being downgraded by the credit ratings agency Moody’s.

The BBC looks at what it is like to be a cyclist in Rio de Janeiro and Nairobi.

The teenage Rwandans pedalling their way out of poverty

Liberia imposes a night-time curfew and quarantines a slum in the capital Monrovia, in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak.

A doctor reports from the Ebola front line