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Five protesters were killed, medics say, days after military leaders tightened their grip on power.

Cameroon's battle with Ivory Coast for one 2022 World Cup play-off spot will go down to the wire, as will Nigeria's tussle with Cape Verde.

Ijeoma Ogwuegbu only took up painting 18 months ago but praise from Thandiwe Newton helped her work go viral.

The president of Kenya's football federation has been arrested as a series of developments threw the country's footballing future into uncertainty.

After beating Djibouti, Algeria know a draw in their final group game will see them reach Africa's play-offs for the 2022 World Cup.

The US military has a large base in Djibouti, which is monitoring the crisis in neighbouring Ethiopia.

How two little-known black cricketers helped South Africa back into international cricket post-Apartheid.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Jeremiah Thoronka was told he made "an enormous difference" for efforts to tackle energy poverty.

Was he a visionary who ended a racist system, or should he have been prosecuted?

Hasaacas Ladies and Malabo Kings qualify for the semi-finals of the inaugural Women's African Champions League in Egypt.

Ghana's hopes of reaching the 2022 World Cup suffer a setback as the Black Stars draw 1-1 with Ethiopia in Johannesburg.

FW de Klerk was the last white person to lead the nation and was key in the transition to democracy.

FW De Klerk, South Africa's last president of apartheid era, played a key role in nation's transition to democracy.

Kenya is risking a ban from football's world governing body Fifa after its sports minister instructed a caretaker committee to run the country's football federation.

The last president of a segregated South Africa, who freed Nelson Mandela, and paved the way to majority rule.

Undocumented people in Italy struggling for money during the Covid pandemic are not entitled to aid.

The planemaker has accepted responsibility, in return families of the victims will not seek punitive damages.

Criminalisation, stigma and homophobia are just a few issues adding to the mental health struggles of LGBTQ people in Africa.

The UN is struggling to deliver aid to millions of people in the war-torn north.