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The South African Football Association turns down an approach to host the next year's Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Weather conditions in Cameroon cited for uncertainty, raising prospect of return to January/February. All the details from CAF's ex-co meeting in Cairo.

A UN resolution in May gave the UK six months to hand back control to Mauritius.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

'Village doctor' Beatrice Lokwawi explains how she uses beads to diagnose people with pneumonia.

Almost 250,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to have been infected in 2019.

Egypt's under-23 coach Shawky Gharib says it is too early to say if he will pick Liverpool's Mohamed Salah for next year's Olympics in Tokyo.

Nigeria captain Ahmed Musa will be sponsoring 100 students at a university in the city of Kano to mark his ambassadorial role for the institution.

Sierra Leone striker Mohamed Buya Turay says he is recovering from an injury that he claims was caused by 'black magic/juju'.

The normally reticent Serbian coach of Wydad Casablanca, Zoran Manojlovic, is thrilled to be working in Morocco.

The former Tunisia captain Radhi Jaidi wants to use a job in the USA as a stepping stone to becoming a first team coach in Europe.

An assessment shows rapid loss of trees, shrubs and herbs in countries such as Ethiopia and Tanzania.

The Indian Ocean archipelago suffers from the highest rate of heroin abuse in the world, but policy makers are hopeful that rehabilitation will curb addiction.

New Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho promises to bring "passion" and "happiness" to the club.

Football federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick says corruption investigations are behind Nigeria's international failures at various levels.

A referendum on the creation of a new region will see if ethnic rivalries can be solved at the ballot box.

Beaten semi-finalists South Africa and Ghana have one last chance to make it to the games in Tokyo.

The authorities are battling to cap inflation as the Zimbabwean dollar is reintroduced.

Brendan McGrath apologises for his "mistakes" after Ebenezer Azamati was "accosted" during a debate.

Officials say Hope Olusegun Aroke was able to visit hotels and functions while in a police hospital.