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Nigerian Emeka Abugu says he's perfected his skills after losing his sight as a child.

A trip to a leading puppet workshop in Mali reveals the art is in trouble as insecurity has reduced tourist income.

The partners form a joint command to tackle Islamist insurgents in the African region.

A passenger plane is forced to abandon plans to land in Dire Dawa after flying into a swarm of insects.

The trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' world governing body the IAAF, is delayed until June.

Police in Ghana suspend an officer and investigate the violence that left a fan injured by a rubber bullet as the football association also launches an inquest.

After a tentative truce failed, the warring sides meet for talks brokered by Russia and Turkey.

The US president suggested he had been overlooked for the prize for his own efforts on Ethiopia.

The rugby team's first black captain on his work off the pitch since their World Cup win.

Parents are wrongly being arrested due to the stigma around female genital mutilation, campaigners say.

African leaders meet France's president over how to re-establish security in the Sahel region.

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

The trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' world governing body the IAAF, will get under way in Paris on Monday.

TP Mazembe of DR Congo and South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns survive scares to become the first teams to reach the African Champions League quarter-finals.

Both sides in Libya announce ceasefires, after pressure from their backers, Russia and Turkey.

Maxence Melo, the online freedom champion in Tanzania is apprehensive of what might happen in an election year

When Sunny's asylum application was refused, he took refuge overnight on London's buses - for two decades.

Zamalek beat Zesco United and JS Kabylie are held to a 0-0 draw by Raja Casablanca in the latest African Champions League group matches.

Grizelda Grootboom was tricked into sex trafficking by a "friend" and has written about her ordeal.

He implied that he saved Ethiopia from war but Ethiopia's leader received the peace prize instead.