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Ugandan and Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Onyango is still working hard to keep fit, despite the uncertainty surrounding the return of football in South Africa.

Opposition activists, including an MP, say they were beaten and forced to drink urine by state agents.

Teranga provides a safe space for migrants to dance and overcome their journey to Europe.

Aerial footage shows thousands of people in snaking lines hoping to get supplies.

Ismail Einashe writes that migrants are facing a tougher time since the outbreak of coronavirus.

In South Africa, illegal sellers are defying the prohibition on buying alcohol and cigarettes.

With only two northern white rhinos left in the world - both female - extinction seems a certainty.

Nigerian Victor Olaiya, who died last month, was a musical pioneer and mentor to the Afrobeat legend.

Babacar Sarr is on the run from rape accusations in Norway.

Kenya accused its neighbour of staging an "unwarranted attack" on its territory.

A bus crash in Guinea results in the deaths of nine players from second division side Etoile de Guinee.

Which claims about the coronavirus are gaining the most traction in Africa?

The UN Development Programme analysed biases against gender in 75 countries around the world.

The first case in South Africa has been detected in a 38-year-old who visited Italy with his wife.

Africa is yet to suffer a major outbreak of the coronavirus Covid 19, but if it did strike the consequences could be catastrophic. BBC correspondents around the continent explain.

Millions of Nigerians live in flimsy housing under very precarious circumstances.

As World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has people hanging on his every word.

How a health crisis on the other side of the world spelled disaster for a South African industry.

Nneamaka Anyanwu started an initiative to help underprivileged girls in Nigeria through basketball.

Kenyan pupils are increasingly being asked to be at school by 6:30am despite classes not starting until 8am.