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The pilot survived by ejecting himself and hiding with local residents, says Nigeria's Air Force.

Ken Macharia feared for his safety in Kenya, where homosexuality is illegal.

Israeli tech firm NSO denies media reports that its software has been sold to authoritarian regimes.

Zambia's Copper Queens are aiming to continue defying the odds as they represent Africa in women's football at the Tokyo Olympics.

Almost every part of Nigeria is facing a security crisis - from kidnapping to extremist insurgencies.

Esraa Abdel Fattah earned the moniker "Facebook Girl" for her role in the 2011 revolution.

People were urged to honour the anti-apartheid hero's legacy by rebuilding after riots left 212 dead.

Two South Africa footballers become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic athletes' village.

People rushed to the scene of the crash to siphon petrol when the explosion occurred.

Abir Moussi uses a megaphone in parliament and gets death threats but many say her voice is crucial.

After a lifetime in captivity, Joshi is going to live in the jungle in Congo-Brazzaville.

Louis Oosthuizen takes a one-stroke lead into the final day of The Open at Royal St George's after holding off Collin Morikawa.

Al Ahly can win a tenth African Champions League on Saturday in Morocco, where they face first-time finalists Kaizer Chiefs.

Africa gives its backing to staging the World Cup every two years in spite of also hosting the African Cup of Nations biennially.

Some analysts say the violence wasn't spontaneous anger but a deliberate strategy of sabotage.

Kenya's Taekwondo star Faith Ogallo hopes to win a medal in Tokyo - to raise environmental awareness.

Some $1bn worth of stock was stolen in KwaZulu-Natal and at least 800 shops looted, an official says.

The Uganda Olympic Committee says a weightlifter is missing from a training camp in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Games.

We've looked at some examples of misleading images and videos, claiming to be from the current protests.

"War is inevitable - it is ethnic cleansing," says an Ethiopian doctor who has escaped to Sudan.