While Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi appear to be in a personal battle to rewrite the World Cup record books, there is one landmark that appears beyond […]

Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls' School last month.

Ghana correspondent Thomas Naadi reports from Black Star Square in Accra.

England fans have been left frustrated by the goalless draw against Ghana, but were Thomas Tuchel's side fortunate not to have given away a penalty?

The scale and brutality of the sexual attacks is unprecedented and aimed at terrorising communities, the UN says.

Edgar Lungu's family and the Zambian government remained in dispute 12 months after he died.

Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso, had called the ICC an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression".

Winger Antoine Semenyo's football journey began in the English lower leagues. BBC Sport charts his rise from Bath City to the World Cup.

Senegal's start to the World Cup has been overshadowed by a series of issues behind the scenes.

Brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye speak to the BBC after getting hitched to twin sisters.

US visa restrictions have left many of the team's fans at home, but the African diaspora is uniting in Harlem.

Mohamed Salah and his teammates dance and celebrate with fans on the streets of Vancouver after Egypt won their first ever World Cup match.

Mohamed Salah fires Egypt to their first ever World Cup win - 92 years on from their tournament debut.

During a live BBC News broadcast, reporter Paul Njie interviews a Cape Verde fan when the country suddenly scores its first ever World Cup goal against Uruguay […]

Antoine Semenyo says Ghana has a special group of players and that they possess hidden gems who will be known by the end of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Morocco fans in Rabat celebrate their 1-0 win over Scotland in the World Cup.

BBC Sport explores how exciting young Ivory Coast Yan Diomande is determined to succeed at the World Cup in honour of his sister.

Your chance to rank 10 of the most colourful and iconic kits African teams have worn at the World Cup.

Ana Candia Evora, the mother of Cape Verde's goalkeeper Vozinha, is finally heading to the US to see her son play.

Alvin Junior Mak explains the inspiration behind the stylish suits he designed for DR Congo's World Cup team.

Germany and Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger, whose family fled Sierra Leone's civil war, is among those campaigning for a change in global attitudes […]

A cemetery at the epicentre of the outbreak is rapidly filling up, however large traditional funerals have been scrapped.

Protesters have set 30 June as the date for all undocumented migrants to leave the country.

BBC Sport visits the city of Lawrence in Kansas, where Algeria have their base camp for the 2026 World Cup.

Survivors are bringing hope to health workers struggling to control the outbreak.

There are glimpses of happiness in the Democratic Republic of Congo's fight against the virus that has killed more than 170.