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Rita Eze's trip back to Nigeria turned into an odyssey of bad luck, bureaucracy and bewilderment.

A "monumental day" for Ethiopia but Egypt and Sudan fear it will reduce their share of Nile waters.

St Paul's Cathedral invites artist Victor Ehikhamenor to respond to the looting of the Benin Bronzes.

The blast in Beledweyne town at a restaurant popular with politicians comes a day before a local vote.

Eight soldiers died after in a rebel attack in the north-east of the country, the army says.

How bags of rice will be used by grovelling Nigerian candidates to curry favour.

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is given a 10-year ban for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules".

Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020 after a major continent-wide vaccination campaign.

Sita el-Nufur, who was killed during anti-military demonstrations, has become an icon for protesters.

Will France's decision to remove 5,000 personnel weaken the fight against Islamists in Africa's Sahel?

Africa's leading tennis player, Ons Jabeur, defends Novak Djokovic's choice to not have the Covid-19 vaccine - but says she hopes he changes his mind.

France says growing hostility from Mali's new military junta forced the withdrawal

With 200 million speakers there is a renewed push to make Swahili a common language for Africa.

Burundi and Burkina Faso take big steps to securing a place at their first Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

The frog is found at a Wirral school after surviving a trip of 5,000 miles from the Ivory Coast.

The so-called laboratory in a container is being developed by the firm behind the first MRNA vaccine.

Former Zimbabwe left-back Charles Yohane has died in South Africa at the age of 48, in an apparent car-jacking incident.

The 10-year-old refuse worker in Khartoum became trapped in the truck's crushing mechanism.

Nigeria's largest city is notorious for its traffic, which is having an impact on children's education.

Joy’s husband died in custody after three years in prison. He was one of thousands of Nigerian inmates detained without trial.