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Her film's disqualification from the Oscars may well act as a springboard for future success.

Moise Katumbi, president of DR Congo club TP Mazembe, is named by Fifa as vice president of the newly formed World Football Club Association (WFCA).

Watford's Senegal international Ismaila Sarr could face a spell on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury in the win over Congo on Wednesday.

Madagascar beat Ethiopia 1-0 in Antananarivo at the start of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign.

Nigeria miss out on a chance to compete in the 2020 Olympic football tournament after a 0-0 draw with South Africa at the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.

Watch manager Willy Watson raised funds to pay for the fire engine to be shipped to West Africa.

The British jet-powered car goes faster still during trials on a dried-out lakebed in South Africa.

Tanzania come from behind with a late goal to beat Equatorial Guinea in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Thabo Makgoba was part of a group hoping to move foreign nationals who were camped out in the church.

Nigeria international goalkeeper Francis Uzoho undergoes successful surgery after sustaining knee ligament damage last month.

Four months after the body of a suspected stowaway fell from a Kenya Airways plane into a London garden, we still don't know who he was.

Visa hassles made another AI conference move to Ethiopia, rather than deal with Canadian officials.

Ghana beat Mali 2-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations and move a step closer to the 2020 Olympics.

The killing of student Uyinene Mrwetyana sparked protests about high levels of gender violence.

A viral rap song has raised the taboo subject of the monarchy in Morocco, where insulting the king is a criminal offence.

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

Well-known brands of maize flour have been banned after a warning they could be poisonous to humans.

When the Italian side signed Chris Smalling on loan, his arrival helped find a missing child.

Few victims' families were able to attend the covering over of the Ethiopian Airlines crash site.

Egypt are held by visiting Kenya as Comoros stun hosts Togo in 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.