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The 25-year-old travelled for four months from Guinea to reach top university Al-Azhar in Egypt.

Ten years since the Westgate shopping mall attack remember the day when at least 67 people were killed.

In 2013, a group of al-Shabab militants attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi leaving 67 people dead.

Baby seals caught up in fishing nets are rescued on a South African beach.

Quobna Cugoano was captured by slavers aged 13 but later played a big part in the UK abolition movement.

BBC Africa Eye gains rare access to Operation Dudula, South Africa's prominent anti-migrant movement.

Doctors are struggling to identify the remains which have been found as the death toll rises.

With lives in Libya washed away, anger mounts as people ask why they were told to stay at home.

It is reported to be one of deadliest accidents in the country, which has a poor road-safety record.

Niger's junta has hours to restore the ousted president or face the possibility of military action.

The recent wave of military takeovers have all been in former French colonies - is this a coincidence?

The difficulties facing people living next to Botswana's growing African elephant population.

Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala overcame her parents’ opposition to a career in sports to become one of the world’s best footballers and a role model for African women.

FC Robo was once the club of some of Nigeria Women's World Cup stars.

There are reports of a surge in men wanting to know if they are the biological fathers of their children.

Regional leaders have threatened to use force if Niger's ousted president is not reinstated by Sunday.

Students explain why song and dance is helping the nation's football team who have reached the second round of the Women's World Cup.

Mohamed Bazoum warns that the region could fall to Russian influence via the Wagner group.

Where might the match be won when England face Nigeria in the first knockout stage of the Women's World Cup in Brisbane?

Did you know Buffon could've been a midfielder if it wasn't for the Cameroonian goalkeeper?