BBC African shortlist list to named

The five nominees for the 2014 BBC African Footballer of the Year award will be announced on Monday morning.

The five candidates for the BBC African Footballer of the Year award are revealed, with 2014 winner Yacine Brahimi among the nominees.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Yacine Brahimi, Vincent Enyeama, Gervinho and Yaya Toure are the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 nominees.

A person named in a Ugandan tabloid newspaper's list of '200 top homosexuals' speaks anonymously to the BBC about the impact of the country's tough new anti-gay laws.

Nigeria and Liverpool forward Asisat Oshoala has been named as the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year.

Ghana and Marseille midfielder Andre Ayew is named best African player in France's Ligue 1.

-The 2015 ONE Africa Award winner will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Accra, Ghana on 20 November 2015 as part of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Annual Governance Weekend

The 2015 finalists for the annual $100,000 USD ONE Africa Award (http://www.ONE.org/africaaward) were today announced by the ONE Campaign (http://www.ONE.org) in Johannesburg. These are: Africa!Ignite of South Africa; Community Link of Uganda; Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN) of Uganda; and The...

President  Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete presents to Kenyan photojournalist, Joseph Mathenge,  the top prize at this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2014 Awards Ceremony held on Satuday night at the Mlimani City Conference hall in Dar es salaam. Looking on is Mathege's son, Geoff Kihato, also a photographer,  who helped his father capture the captivating images of  the Westgate Mall shoppers in...

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete presents to Kenyan journalist Joseph Mathenge  the top prize at this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2014 Awards Ceremony held on Satuday night at the Mlimani City Conference hall in Dar es salaam. Looking on is Mathege's son, Geoff Kihato, also a photographer,  who helped his father capture the captivating images of  the Westgate Mall shoppers in Nairobi, Kenya, when the mall was attacked by unidentified gunmen in September 2013. Nico Meyer, CEO...