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2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria coach Amapakabo prepares to fight on
Igbo community in Liverpool: 'Like a home from home'
Genevieve Nnaji's rise from Nollywood to Netflix
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast and Madagascar win qualifiers
TP Mazembe chief Katumbi named as vice president of World Football Club Association
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal await Ismaila Sarr injury verdict
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Madagascar beat Ethiopia in qualifier
2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria miss out on Olympic place
Cumbria fire engine donated to The Gambia to help save lives
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco held at home by Mauritania
Bloodhound land speed racer blasts to 628mph
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Tanzania grab late win
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba hit in South Africa church refuge scuffle
Francis Uzoho: Nigeria keeper says knee operation 'a success'
Kenya Airways stowaway: Mystery of the man who fell from the sky
South Africa post office murderer given life for killing Uyinene Mrwetyana
Canada refuses visas to over a dozen African AI researchers
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers: Algeria crush Zambia
Ghana progress at Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations
SA post office rapist and murderer given life
Viral rap song highlights Morocco monarchy taboo
Africa's top shots: 8-14 November 2019
Kenya's ugali scare: How safe is your maize flour?
How AS Roma helped find a missing Kenyan child
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers: Egypt held as Comoros win
'Boeing was at my father's funeral and I was not'
Dickson Etuhu: Ex-Nigeria player's sentence appealed
Zimbabweans forced to choose between medicine and food
Sierra Leone boss Sellas Tetteh responds to Kei Kamara comments
Didier Drogba gets backing for top Ivorian FA job
South Africa rugby stars strip off for cancer challenge
Gambia earn shock win in Angola in 2021 Afcon qualifiers
We failed to reach Europe now our families disown us
Pascal Siakam: Toronto Raptors star & his unconventional path from Cameroon to NBA
Group stage of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations underway
Ebola vaccine approved as second jab trialled
The Eswatini teenage footballer on Real Madrid's radar
CAR and Malawi begin 2021 Afcon qualifiers with wins
Dickson Etuhu: Ex-Nigeria player guilty of match-fixing in Sweden
Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara quits international football
Cameroon to meet Zambia for women's Olympic spot
South Africa and Nigeria claim wins at U23 Africa Cup of Nations
Comedy Wildlife Awards: Winning shot from Botswana
Polio in Nigeria: 'I opposed vaccinations until my son caught polio'
Libya: Migrant mother's dying wish to get children to Europe
Mohamed Salah: Liverpool forward to miss Egypt games
Egyptian sides drawn together in Confederation Cup
Libya recall keeper after eight year absence
Zimbabwe dollar notes issued for first time in a decade
Kenyans rage against police brutality after beating video
Jamal Malinzi: More problems for ex-Tanzania FA boss
Senegal's Lamine Ndiaye appointed new Horoya coach
Branson apologises for South Africa launch tweet
Ramadan Sobhi guides Egypt's U23 to win over Ghana
The company decoding African DNA to help fight diseases
How decoding African DNA could help fight disease
Paris tour shows how black people helped to shape France
Paris tour shows how black people helped shape France
Morocco's Abderrazak Hamdallah retires from internationals
Rohingya crisis: The Gambia accuses Myanmar of genocide at top UN court
Botswana coach Adel Amrouche omits quartet caught drinking
Macauley Bonne forced out of Zimbabwe squad on 'medical grounds'
Wolves' Adama Traore forced to withdraw from Spain squad
Kenya census: Why counting people can be controversial
Crystal Chigbu: The mum making prosthetic limbs for Nigerian children
Under-20 Women's World Cup: Nigeria 'favourites' in the race to host 2020 event
Pope Francis 'hopes to visit South Sudan next year'
Brahimi dropped as Belmadi makes six changes to Algeria squad
Adama Traore: Wolves winger selected in Spain squad despite Mali speculation
2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast shock Nigeria in Group B opener
Roger DaSilva's rediscovered archive reveals 1950s Senegal chic
The Kenyan man making leather jackets out of fish skins
The black princess who 'took on a white world'
Morocco becomes first African country to use VAR in domestic match
Omoyele Sowore: Anger over detention of Nigerian journalist
Obafemi Martins: Nigeria star not contemplating retirement yet
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations: Hosts Egypt open with win over Mali as Cameroon and Ghana draw
Twitter goes wild for South African KFC marriage proposal
Senegal's Mbaye Diagne is punished for Club Bruges penalty miss
Caf 'cancels' US$1 billion TV and marketing deal
'Emergency unfolding' in flooded South Sudan
Locust invasion: UN warning for Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and Sudan
Equatorial Guinea appoint Sebastien Migne as coach
Kenya: Mobile camel clinic providing healthcare to nomads
Umaru Bangura set to continue Sierra Leone career
Burkina Faso: Gunmen kill 37 in ambush on mining firm convoy
Egypt-Ethiopia row over River Nile dam
Wheelchair sprinter Nkegbe: 'I'm carrying the hopes of 5m disabled Ghanaians'
Nigeria's Lagos governor says 'don't call me Your Excellency'
Bosco Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years for crimes in DR Congo
The 'Bloodhound' supercar aiming to break the land speed record
'I was kidnapped and now only travel by train'
Quadruple amputee Alex Lewis climbs Ethiopian mountain
Burkina Faso: Gunmen ambush mining firm convoy and kill 37
Sadio Mane: Liverpool forward says 'I won't change' over diving accusations
Ethiopian asylum seeker denied life-saving dialysis in South Africa
Tendai Mtawarira: South Africa prop retires from internationals after World Cup
Ibrahim Traore receives first Ivory Coast call-up at 31
Libya migrant attack: UN investigators suspect foreign jet bombed centre
Somalia floods: Massive aid effort as thousands hit
Cameroon keeper Andre Onana open to Premier League move
Club Africain fans donate US$450,000 in one day
From child freestyler in Guinea to playing at Old Trafford
From child freestyler in Guinea to Old Trafford
South African golfer SimTiger aims for world championship
Springboks bring Rugby World Cup home
Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Inter Milan: Achraf Hakimi double hands Germans win
Granit Xhaka: Arsenal midfielder stripped of captaincy, says Unai Emery
Nigerian police free 259 from illegal detention in mosque
SPIP corruption case against Nigeria Football Federation dropped
Francis Ngannou the 'physical monster' taking UFC by storm
Bloodhound goes faster still at 491mph
Lionheart: Nigeria's Oscar choice disqualified over English dialogue
South Africa arrive for U23 Afcon with 12 players
Senegal and Schalke's Salif Sane to miss up to four months
8 year old Efia Ayeyi shares her journey with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
South African drought town's warning to the world
Liverpool's Naby Keita returns to Guinea squad
Hamburg's Bakery Jatta excuses himself from Gambia squad
Nigerian army investigates torture video
Two Nigerian, Moroccan and Egyptian sides advance in Confederation Cup
Pirates kidnap nine sailors off Benin coast
Capturing the heart of Nigeria - and Mandela's socks
South Africa: Inside the township where Siya Kolisi grew up
Blow for Morocco as Ihattaren opts for Netherlands
Ebola: Attackers kill DR Congo journalist shining light on virus
Landlords in Nigeria can demand $20,000 rent upfront
Yaya Toure: Former Manchester City midfielder sent off after 10 seconds in possible China farewell appearance
South Africa: World Cup win a reminder of country's change
Rugby World Cup final: Inside South Africa's dressing room celebrations
Ethiopia violence: Facebook to blame, says runner Gebrselassie
Mali attack kills 49 soldiers in north of the country
South Africa celebrates rugby world cup win over England
Mali attack kills 53 soldiers in north of the country
The Nigerian rugby player fighting sickle cell stigma
Nairobi water: What's behind severe shortages?
Algeria protest: Thousands flood capital to demand 'new revolution'
Fears of more heavy rain in flood-hit East Africa
U17 World Cup again proving successful for Africa in Brazil
Nigeria oil spills 'spark environmental genocide'
Ajara keen on Champions League spot after cup heroics
Former Arsenal star Nwakali in Nigeria squad despite not playing since March
South Africa's rooibos tea industry to pay KhoiSan people
Ivory Coast secure release of in-form striker Kouame
Nigerian police rescue 15 people chained in 'prayer house'
Rugby World Cup win was not my career high: Springbok Bryan Habana
The African Americans discovering Ghana
'I have a culture, I have a people, I belong': Why these African Americans are going 'back' to Ghana
Maids for sale: How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets
Africa's top shots: 25-31 October 2019
He's so fast his friends call him 'bullet'
Tanzanian Idris Sultan 'held' for Magufuli face-swap
'I was a victim of the WhatsApp hack'
Goalkeeping Mandanda brothers set for hat-trick
Could Africa's DNA help to cure sickle cell disease?
Three Britons killed in South Africa car crash
The Libyan footballer who won half marathon bronze
Gernot Rohr: Nigeria coach unhappy at fixture schedule
Nigeria's border crisis fuelled by rice
Liberia's child soldiers: 'I know I killed people'
Boeing 'doesn't understand our grief'
Tanzania billionaire Mohammed Dewji told kidnapper to shoot him
Rugby World Cup final: Siya Kolisi, South Africa's first black captain & legacy of 1995
The 'unique story' of S Africa's first black rugby captain
Nice refuse to release Cameroon's Ignatius Ganago for Under-23 Afcon
Ghana include seven new faces for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
FA Cup: Haringey Borough make anti-racism stand in replayed Yeovil Town match
Boeing accused of building 'flying coffins'
How Algerians who fought for France faced persecution
Why motorbike apps are scrambling for Africa
Burnley fans abuse trial collapses due to 'failings'
Cameroon landslide kills dozens
Egyptian man dies after official 'forced' him off moving train
Boeing accused of putting profit before safety by Senators
South Africa coach Molefi Ntseki points to consistency
Algerian giants USM Alger face uncertain future with owner in jail
'Game changing' tuberculosis vaccine a step closer
Fifa move could "kill" Africa Cup of Nations - LeRoy
Fifa Club World Cup move "killing" Africa Cup of Nations - Le Roy
Ethiopia's 900-year-old Shonke village on a mountain
Origin of modern humans 'traced to Botswana'
104 year old Nigerian on how farming has kept her young
Up close with the gorillas of Rwanda
Egypt recall Mohamed Salah after his international rest
Aristide Bance stars for Horoya in Confederation Cup play-offs
'I was whipped with metal chains in an Egyptian prison'
Nigeria's 'torture houses' masquerading as Koranic schools
Meet the people of Tamba
A piece of Finland in Uganda
South Africa's DA chooses Steenhuisen as parliamentary leader
John Steenhuisen to head South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance
Kurt Okraku: New Ghana FA president embraces opportunity for change
Rugby World Cup semi-final: Wales 16-19 South Africa
Libya in chaos as endless war rumbles on
'The selfie that revealed I was a stolen baby'
Yaya Toure: Ex-Manchester City midfielder helps Qingdao Huanghai to promotion
US Zimbabwe sanctions: Security minister targeted
How coastal erosion destroyed a Ghanaian village
East African children found in Belfast 'cold and hungry'
Ghana FA: Kurt Okraku is elected as new president after three rounds of voting
Karura Forest: How Kenya reclaimed nature from violent gangs
Nigeria move to end IAAF cash row
Zimbabweans march against EU and US sanctions
Libya reappoint Faouzi Benzarti as coach
Libya move quickly to reappoint Faouzi Benzarti as coach
Cameroon's Joel Tagueu hails a 'victory' as he plays again after heart troubles
Powerlist 2020: WorldRemit CEO Ishmail Ahmed tops list
Powerlist 2020: WorldRemit founder Ismail Ahmed tops list
Zimbabwe sanctions: Who is being targeted?
Sudan revolution: Meet the 'Mother of martyrs'
Africa's top shots: 18 - 24 October 2019
Arsenal 3-2 Vitoria Guimaraes: Nicolas Pepe rescues Gunners in Europe
Egypt protests: The unlikely man behind rare anti-government protests
Zimbabwe controversially flies elephants abroad
Drought-hit Zimbabwe 'sells young elephants overseas'
Eritrea teens 'travelled to UK in shipping containers'
Eritrea teens found in UK after illegal travel
Libya coach Jalal Damja quits as technical staff sacked
Hamburg's former refugee Bakery Jatta gets Gambia call-up
Former refugee Jatta gets Gambia call-up
'Milestone' in polio eradication achieved
Can South Africa's Democratic Alliance bounce back?
The African-Italians who want to send migrants home
Art starts conversations about being a black, Muslim woman
Raja Meziane: Algerian unsigned singer becomes sound of revolution
Leader of South Africa's largest opposition party quits
Ethiopia protesters burn Nobel winner Abiy Ahmed's book
Mohamed Magassouba lands Mali role on permanent basis
Photographers use portraits and still life to highlight hunger
Trapped in Tripoli: The refugees stuck in Libyas civil war
Trapped in Tripoli: The people stuck in Libyas civil war
Russia Africa summit: What's behind Moscow's push into the continent?
Are you mispronouncing this Liverpool star's name?
Letter from Africa: How not to mangle African sports stars' names
Senegal's breakdancers aiming for the Olympics
Forensic anthropology students from across Africa learn to analyse bones
Genk v Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp says Champions League away record must improve
Abiy Ahmed: No force can stop Ethiopia from building dam
Genk v Liverpool: Mohamed Salah returns for Champions League match
SA power firm Eskom sues Deloitte for 'overcharging'
Sharm el-Sheikh: UK to resume flights after safety ban
Why Botswana's election could be decided by elephants and diamonds
The Kenyan ghostwriters doing 'lazy' Western students' work
The Kenyan ghost writers doing 'lazy' Western students' work
Mane, Salah and Aubameyang on Ballon d'Or shortlist
Ballon d'Or: Virgil van Dijk, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane on shortlist for award
At least 55 elephants die in Zimbabwe drought
Haringey Borough v Yeovil Town FA Cup tie to be replayed on Tuesday 29 October
Herman Mashaba: Johannesburg's black mayor resigns over DA race row
Haringey v Yeovil: Two men arrested in Somerset after reports of racial abuse
Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast all fail to qualify for 2020 CHAN
The Malawian radio programme that promotes women's issues
In Pictures: Sudan's lost Jewish community
Sudan's lost Jewish community - in pictures
Ronaldo Vieira: Sampdoria midfielder racially abused by Roma fans
'Soul-destroying' - Haringey chairman on Yeovil abandonment amid racial abuse
Zambia beat Mozambique 2-0 to win 2019 U-17 Cosafa title
South Africa end Japan's Rugby World Cup run
Nigeria shocked by Togo in CHAN qualifiers as holders Morocco go through
Thirty mummies in wooden coffins found in Egypt
Does Zimbabwe have force labour in its diamond mines?
Does Zimbabwe have forced labour in its diamond mines?
Pica: Pregnancy cravings that make women eat rocks
Kenya's Brigid Kosgei: School dropout, mother of twins and world record-holder
Meet the student who has created African emojis
FA Cup tie abandoned after reports of racial abuse at Haringey Borough v Yeovil
Haringey Borough v Yeovil Town: FA Cup tie abandoned after reports of racial abuse
Fifa U-17 World Cup: Debutants Angola hope to cause upset
Renamo calls for Mozambique elections to be cancelled
Amine Harit: Morocco international wins Bundesliga Player of the Month award
Fifa U-17 World Cup: Nigeria seek sixth title as they announce squad
South Africa set to meet Japan
Being a swing in The Lion King
Nigeria's Buhari saga: The fake wedding, the president and the family feud
Females IN: The women's group inspired by the Chibok girls
Boeing staff texted about 737 Max issue in 2016
Boeing staff messaged about 737 Max issue in 2016
Yoweri Museveni on Bobi Wine, Rwanda and being an 'elder'
Joel Matip: Liverpool defender signs new deal until summer 2024
Andre Ayew: Ghana have 'lost organisation' since winning 2009 U-20 World Cup
Mohamed Ramadan: Egypt star in cockpit gets pilot banned for life
Victor Osimhen: Nigerian wins French Player of the Month award
How publicity-shy professor Kais Saied became Tunisia's president
How a publicity-shy professor became Tunisia's president
Africa's top shots: 11 -17 October 2019
Life in a Nigerian torture 'school': I was treated like an animal
Booker Prize 2019: Bernadine Evaristo talks womanhood and 'othering'
E-fit released in bid to identify plane-fall Kenyan
Fifa U-17 World Cup: Eto'o out as Cameroon name final squad
Fifa U-17 World Cup: Senegal deny claims of age-fraud as they announce squad
100 Women: Uganda's permaculture farming pioneer Judith Bakirya
Sunday Mba: Nigeria's Nations Cup hero aims to return after two years out
The painter behind 'Africa's Mona Lisa'
Letter from Africa: How this teenager risked all for a life in limbo
Rugby rehabilitation programme for Kenyan prisoners
Morocco pardons journalist Hajar Raissouni jailed on abortion charges
Jean-Philippe Gbamin: Everton midfielder out until January
Ahmad Benali: Libya captain wants stability on and off the pitch
Eating insects: Testing out the delicacy in DR Congo
Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor
Deadly parasite 'jumped' from gorilla to humans
Algerian and French federations to discuss friendly
Nigeria keeper Uzoho facing long injury lay-off
Men and boys chained up at Nigeria Islamic 'school'
Men and boys chained up at Nigeria 'school'
'Tortured' and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school
Eritrea - where ATMs are unknown and Sim cards are like gold dust
Cyril Ramaphosa on 'damaging' South African xenophobic attacks
Tunisia election: Kais Saied to become president
Mohamed Salah: Electronics engineer stands in for striker as lookalike
Senegal beat Ghana on penalties to win Wafu 2019
Yasuke: The mysterious African samurai
Sexual violence in South Africa: 'Our cops are supposed to protect us'
Tunisia election: Kais Saied to become president, exit polls suggest
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: The Gambia, Chad, South Sudan and Sao Tome advance in qualifying
Tunisia election: Kais Saied to become president, exit polls say
Brigid Kosgei breaks Paula Radcliffe's women's marathon record
Brazil 1-1 Nigeria: Neymar limps off in first half
Tunisia election: Nabil Karoui and Kais Saied vie for presidency
Sylvia Gathoni: Kenya's pro-gamer taking on the world
Seeking a music star in Rwanda... and finding one
Gernot Rohr: Nigeria coach tight-lipped about future
Burkina Faso mosque attack kills 15 worshippers
Ivorian forward Gervinho extends contract at Serie A side Parma
Kenya's Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark
Tacko Fall: The tallest man in the NBA
Why I went public about being raped, 67 years later
Zambia court punishes student cannabis cake baker with essay
Nobel Peace Prize: Has Abiy brought peace to East Africa?
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang named Premier League player of month
Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins
Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize
Tunisia election: The 'robot' and the pasta magnate freed from jail
Africa's top shots: 4 -10 October
The vegetarian Maasai: Life in a culture based around meat
Eliud Kipchoge: Sub-two hour marathon 'will make history'
Uganda football chief suspended for two months by Fifa
Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby resigns
South Africas Gupta brothers sanctioned by US over 'corruption'
Mozambique election observer killed by 'elite police' in drive-by shooting
Nigeria seeks anti-sexual harassment law after BBC #SexForGrades film
Kenya's 'talking boxes' help girls break their silence on abuse
Tunisia presidential candidate Nabil Karoui: released from jail
Nabil Karoui: Tunisia presidential candidate released from jail
Two Ghanaian lecturers suspended after BBC Africa Eye 'Sex For Grades' film
2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Sao Tome secure victory in Mauritius in first leg of qualifier
Fifa orders Sierra Leone to play Lesotho behind closed doors
Wilfried Zaha: Crystal Palace act on racial abuse of forward on social media
Brazil prepare for African double-header in Singapore
Why Kenyans never quit
Letter from Africa: Why Kenyans never quit
#SexForGrades: Calls for action after BBC Africa Eye film
Fikayo Tomori 'commits' to England after 'surprise' call-up
Lupita Nyong'o: Colourism is the daughter of racism
South Africa 66-7 Canada: Springboks seal Rugby World Cup quarter-final place
Tokyo 2020: Nigeria's exit 'heartbreaking' - Oshoala
Nigeria lecturer suspended after BBC Africa Eye 'sex-for-grades' film
Wilfried Zaha: Crystal Palace forward says head was 'all over the place'
US in Somalia: Is it still a safe haven for al-Shabab?
Gregg Schoof, US pastor, arrested in Rwanda for 'illegal' meeting
Aston Villa 'disgusted' by fans' racist chant at Norwich game
Tacko Fall: Tallest active NBA player bids for success in debut season
Tacko Fall: Boston Celtics centre hoping to become tallest active NBA player bids for success in debut season
Choreographer Dada Masilo: 'It's too dangerous to take work on tour in Africa'
'Sex for grades': Undercover in West African universities
Onyango to retain Uganda captaincy under new coach McKinstry
Rwandan forces 'kill 19 terrorists' in retaliatory attack
UK matches Zimbabwe landmine fund after Prince Harry tour
Notre-Dame: How an underwater forest in Ghana could help rebuild a Paris icon
How a Ghanaian forest could help rebuild Notre-Dame
Keeping alive the Igbo talking flute in Nigeria
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester: Sadio Mane 'made most of contact', says Brendan Rodgers
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester: Sadio Mane made most of contact - Brendan Rodgers
Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto walks free from jail
Naby Keita: Liverpool midfielder removed from Guinea squad
In pictures: Ethiopia's Oromos celebrate spring
In pictures: Ethiopia's Oromos celebrate thanksgiving
Cameroon's Anglophone conflict: Will the National Dialogue make any difference?
Cameroon's conflict: Will the National Dialogue make any difference?
World Athletics Championships: Kenyan grabs gold from Ethiopian by millimetres
The story of Sierra Leone's Krio people - in pictures
Nigeria's royal tortoise said to have lived to the age of 344 in Oyo state
South Africa 49-3 Italy: Springboks cruise to Rugby World Cup Pool B win
Lion bones weighing 342kg seized in South Africa
Jamal Mohammed: 'I am proud to represent refugees in Doha championships'
Kenya money: Did new banknotes help tackle corruption?
Africa's top shots: 27 September - 3 October
Isaac Promise: Former Nigeria striker dies aged 31
Egypt's speaker praises Hitler to justify government spending
The Kenyans demanding reparations over colonial land evictions
Nigeria and South Africa: When two African giants meet
Tammy Abraham: Chelsea striker 'undecided' on England future
Abraham undecided on England or Nigeria
DR Congo: Illegal mine suffers deadly collapse in Kampene
Didier Six names former captain Florentin Pogba in first Guinea squad
Medhi Benatia: Moroccan defender announces international retirement
Eritrean under 20s footballers disappear in Uganda
Ethiopian 18th Century crown to return home from Netherlands
Leishmaniasis: Tropical skin disease afflicts Kenyan communities
At least 25 killed in Mali militant attack