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Francine Niyonsaba says she keeps competing after her enforced switch to longer distances to "make sport a better place and inspire others".

Ahead of the 8 September elections, we asked young people in Casablanca what it's like to be Moroccan in 2021.

A South African company is aiming to take advantage of a new interest in protein-rich insects.

Ecowas has condemned the coup in Guinea threatening with sanctions unless the president is released.

Pictures of squatters in a South African inner city with high levels of crime, drugs and prostitution.

Campaigners say it is important that Kenyan men join the battle to end female genital mutilation.

Zimbabwean musician Jah Prayzah maintains his passion for traditional music despite being an Afrobeats star.

How a start-up in Kenya is changing the way people cook.

New tactics are being used in the fight against jihadists as Chad and France reduce their military roles.

How Ntando Mahlangu's prosthetic blades changed his life and led him to two golds at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Macoumba Toure Sarr has been using handcycling to rebuild his life following a devastating accident.

South Africa's Pieter du Preez is overcome by emotion as he wins Paralympic gold in men's road cycling.

The highly polluting fuel has contaminated the atmosphere, water and crops for nearly a century.

Modupe Osunkoya enrolled on her third post-graduate degree because she says there are no jobs at home.

Food prices are rising, the currency's value is falling and investor confidence is shaken.

Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashes the women's half marathon world record at the Antrim Coast event in Northern Ireland.

Agnes Sithole became an unlikely hero after her husband of nearly 50 years tried to sell their home.

As Strictly prepares to return to our screens next month another South African dancer has joined the professionals.

A couple who 30 years ago bought an abused chimpanzee are now trying to save a subspecies.

Kenya's Samburu women say selling goats' milk to an elephant sanctuary gives them independence.