Those defacing the currency could face seven years in jail, the central bank says ahead of Valentine’s Day.

Since 2016, those who can prove their ancestors came from Africa have been able to get Ghanaian nationality.

They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in northern Kaduna state.

South Africa’s sports minister Gayton McKenzie says “no formal decision” has been taken to relocate the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations away from Morocco.

Clinton Nyapara Mogesa is said to have been recruited in Qatar to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.

The 24-year-old bagged her second-ever Grammy beating three Nigerians and a Ugandan.

Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.

The Zulu king was trying to calm anti-migrant feelings but ended up using a highly derogatory phrase.

BBC Scotland looks at the rise of Motherwell’s Tawanda Maswanhise this season.

England level their three-game series with South Africa at 1-1 with a 61-49 win in front of a sellout crowd in Johannesburg.

The president’s son, notorious for explosive remarks on X, has ambitions to succeed his father.

Prosecutors say Mamadou Hawa Gassama described Alassane Ouattara as a “tyrant” and “an enemy of Mali”.

Ariel Siedman has been given 72 hours to leave South Africa, the foreign affairs ministry says.

The multiparty system had been “promoting division among citizens”, the country’s interior minister said.

Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The government plans to add 1 000MW of solar power to the national grid by 2027, with projects spread across the country

Zambia and Zimbabwe have each committed US$220 million to restarting the long-delayed $4.2 billion Batoka Gorge Hydropower Station near Victoria Falls

Senegal manager Pape Thiaw his banned for five games after the chaotic scenes during the Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco.

England captain Fran Williams says the Roses were “off the pace” against South Africa as they are beaten 52-48 in the opening game of the three-match series in Johannesburg.

Nearly 700,000 people have been affected by weeks of severe flooding in Mozambique

No reason has been given but the decision follows a huge fall-out between South Africa and the US.