Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur explains why she chose to become an ambassador for the World Food Programme and her hopes for International Women’s Day.

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

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment.

Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane’s team says his current condition is “unknown” after the attack.

Cyclists, organisers and fans tell the BBC there were no security issues on the Tour du Rwanda, despite fighting across the border in DR Congo.

Two close allies of the vice-president, a bitter rival of the president, are arrested.

Lesotho is called the kingdom in the sky – it is the only country entirely above 1,000m.

Godswill Akpabio said he had been well raised by his mother and had never harassed anyone.

Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar speaks to the BBC about the deportation of Nigerians from the US.

The market, in a camp for displaced people, was attacked for roughly two hours, a local official says.

Lesotho says it is surprised by Trump’s comments given its “warm and cordial” relations with the US.

In the latest episode of Born to Brawl, Cindy Ngamba shares her incredible story before her first professional fight against Kirstie Bavington.

Around 40 diplomats, politicians, and journalists are accused of conspiring against state security.

Thirty-two people were shipwrecked on a rig in the Mediterranean with no food or water, an NGO has said.