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The body in charge of leading the fight against corruption will use the Bible to teach ethics.

Successful, educated and attractive - Arlène Agneroh's friends said the only thing she was missing was a husband.

Ramla Ali is an English and British boxing champion with Olympic ambitions despite having had to hide her passion from her strict Muslim family.

The dream of visa-free travel for Africans on the continent is still a long way off.

Heavy security and threats of a boycott, as a tense nation votes.

In-form Ghana international midfielder Mubarak Wakaso escapes unhurt following a car accident in Spain on Sunday morning.

Dijon's Mehdi Abeid is determined to work his way back into the Algeria squad after being overlooked for this month's 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The US First Lady undertakes her first major foreign trip alone to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt.

Why women in Ethiopia's Oromia region hold a special ceremony for a mother, five days after she gives birth.

Agnes Mutemi says her mentally ill daughter, Nambia, is now making progress in a school which specialises in caring for children with disabilities.

Dozens of people suffer second-degree burns after a tanker collided with a car in the DR Congo.

Meet Wiyaala Djimba, the Ghanaian Afro musician who loves Madonna and short hair.

He has won the award for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Fifa has suspended Sierra Leone 'with immediate effect' due to government interference in the running of the country's FA.

"It's one of the great spectacles of Africa," says our reporter Ferdinand Omondi. But what happened next caused lots of giggles as one of the baby elephants made quite a splash.

Chemicals found in some Afro hair products around the world could be damaging your health.

Kenyan rapper Lal Daggy is deaf and doesn't speak, relaying his music through sign language.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week.

The planes collided as they were landing after training flights, a military spokesman said.

Who are the rebel groups which have taken up arms to fight for independence for English-speaking parts of Cameroon?