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China helped build the museum with a donation of about $34m (£27m).

From training in parks to sleeping on a gym floor, WBO world super-bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe is now set for Madison Square Garden.

The Mr and Miss Albinism beauty pageant in Nairobi aims to support those with the hereditary condition.

The highly threatened subspecies has been brought back to a reserve in Niger after a 50-year absence.

Former agents say Burundi's security services are running secret torture and detention sites to silence dissent.

After a decade-long battle, a small South African community stopped its land being turned into a titanium mine.

Ghana's government should ban funerals for people who refuse to pay taxes, writes journalist Elizabeth Ohene.

Mário Macilau has produced a photo series on the people of Mozambique effected by severe weather

A car, a plane, or a chilli pepper - what kind of coffin do you want to be buried in?

Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore.

Gunmen enter a school in Kumba in the restive English-speaking area, abducting 20 pupils.

All four Group A is Mali stun Ghana's Black Queens when beating the Africa Women's Cup of Nations hosts 2-1 in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

Tanzanian chief Mangi Meli's skull has been missing since his execution by German colonialists in 1900.

Villagers in one area of Kenya mark the rainy season with a unique song and dance competition.

Somaliland is not a UN recognised nation but this has not stopped four men attempting to develop a national football set-up.

Cameroon boss Clarence Seedorf's first visit to Milton Keynes sees his new side face Brazil at Stadium MK as he looks to build a new career as a coach.

Bristol Bisons's Kenneth Macharia says he will suffer violence if he is forced to return to Kenya.

Five of the countries who have qualified for next year's Nations Cup finals will continue preparations with friendly internationals on Tuesday.

Olivette Otele is the first black woman to be made a professor of history in the UK and she's on this year's BBC 100 Women list.

We have to "try that much harder" to get girls an education, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed tells BBC 100 Women.