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Danfo is a way for party-goers to reach the city’s hot spots in an affordable way.

Desert locust swarms which are devouring crops in East Africa are forcing farmers into desperate measures.

Ordinary Congolese hoped Felix Tshisekedi would transform their lives when he became president.

Falesi Mwajomba and a group of cervical cancer survivors are encouraging other women to get screened.

The Benin bronze, known as an "okukor", was bequeathed to Jesus College in Cambridge in 1930.

The UN mission says it will investigate the killing of a man during protests in the city of Beni.

Zimbabwe defender Teenage Hadebe has been unable to travel back to his Turkish base as he struggles to get his passport renewed.

German Carolin Braun is the first female coach to sit on the bench for Botswana.

Former Cameroon forward Pierre Webo joins Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir as an assistant coach.

The truck landed on the woman's car in the city of Port Elizabeth, leaving her trapped inside.

Nigerian author and Nobel prize winner Prof Wole Soyinka was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014.

Feronia, 38% owned by the UK government’s development bank, is accused of dumping toxic waste into the rivers used for drinking water, says Human Rights Watch.

Cancer patient Esther Wafor explains why she travelled Cameroon to India for treatment.

Need a caffeine boost and an ego boost? This cafe has just the thing for you.

Abinet Tadesse loved his truck. He also needed somewhere to live. So he built a house in his truck.

People in DR Congo spend 26% of the average income to get online - a luxury too far for many.

Ten roads, including one of the main roads in the capital, will be renamed after President Mnangagwa.

Not everyone agrees with the plan to merge the ethnically-based parties in the governing coalition.

A referendum on the creation of a new region will see if ethnic rivalries can be solved at the ballot box.

The authorities are battling to cap inflation as the Zimbabwean dollar is reintroduced.