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The medics were off work for more than four months, paralysing the country's healthcare sector.

Yoweri Museveni says Irish potatoes, vegetables, and coffee with no sugar, helped him lose weight.

The Libya Football Federation is considering an invite to replace Tunisia at the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cameroon,

How a conservationist tried to protect Congo's rainforest during the country's civil war

Women in Sudan are taking on the patriarchy and challenging social norms.

Several little-known but remarkable stories of the 18th and 19th Centuries are being told on stage.

Africa's 2022 World Cup draw pits Cameroon against Ivory Coast in the second round of qualifying.

After no-one surpassed the record he set in 1997, Vernon Kruger set out to beat it himself.

The Egyptian Football Association announces that third-tier side 6th October FC have signed 74-year-old Eez Eldin Bahder.

It comes after leaked papers suggest Isabel dos Santos exploited Angola's wealth for her own ends.

Nigeria's Under-19 side are world cup debutants but cricket remains a minority sport at home.

Aston Villa complete a £10m deal for Genk's Tanzania striker Mbwana Samatta.

Photos of the boxer prostrating before the Nigerian leader have had a mixed response online.

Thousands were commemorating the baptism of Jesus when a stand collapsed in the city of Gondar.

Yahya Jammeh was forced into exile in Equatorial Guinea in 2017 after 22 years of authoritarian rule.

Chelsea and Germany defender Antonio Rudiger declares 'Sierra Leone is home' as he makes a donation to support education in the country.

England seal their biggest away win in more than nine years in the third Test against South Africa to move 2-1 up with one match to play.

Heads of state are meeting in London for a UK-Africa summit ahead of the UK's departure from the EU.

Leaked documents reveal how Isabel dos Santos made her fortune through exploitation and corruption.

Peter Mathebula made history in 1980 when he won the world flyweight title.