The rise and fall of FC Barcelona

The EU and Lebanon have agreed upon an aid package to help the country deal with its financial crisis and high numbers of refugees. Most experts believe the deal could increase, not dampen, irregular migration.

The naira continues to trade around 1,300 against the greenback at the official market this week. Meanwhile, data from the CBN shows Nigeria’s currency in circulation has risen to 3.87 trillion naira at the end of March. Kingsley Nwaiwu, Head of Consumer sector sales, Global Markets at Stanbic IBTC joins CNBC Africa on the FX trading patterns, impact of CBN’s reforms and Nigeria’s drive to increase dollar flows.

Fuel queues are gradually easing off in major cities like Lagos. However, Major marketers are demanding increased supply from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company as depots stock drops. Temitope Kolade, Senior Manager, Oil, Gas and Power Unit at Andersen Nigeria joins CNBC Africa for more.

Nigeria has announced plans to delist the naira from all peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms. According to the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the move is to tackle the manipulation of the local currency’s value in the foreign exchange market.

Chad's election results are being disputed after interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby was declared the winner according to provisional results, something opposition leader Succes Masra described as an attempt to "steal" the vote.

The 7th annual foreign investment summit known as "Choose France" kicks off at Versailles with €15 billion in new projects expected.