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South Africa's World Cup-winning prop Tendai Mtawarira announces his retirement from international rugby aged 34.

Slavia Prague's Ibrahim Traore receives his first call to an Ivory Coast squad at the age of 31.

July's strike near Tripoli, which killed 53, was described by the UN as a potential war crime.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced after two rivers burst their banks.

Fans of Tunisia's Club Africain donate more than US$450,000 in one day to help the cash-strapped team.

The journey of Guinea's Seydouba Soumah from 12-year-old freestyle footballer to playing against Manchester United.

Simthandile Tshabalala, aged seven, has been nicknamed “SimTiger” and marked out as a future star.

South Africa fans gathered at OR Tambo International Airport to greet the victorious squad.

Achraf Hakimi scores two second-half goals as Borussia Dortmund overturn a two-goal deficit to beat Inter Milan in a thriller at the Westfalenstadion.

Police rescue 259 people being held in an illegal detention centre inside a mosque compound.

A corruption case against the Nigeria Football Federation by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel is dropped.

BBC Sport meets Cameroon's Francis Ngannou who survived the migrant trail, crossing the Mediterranean by boat and living on the streets of Paris to become the number two ranked UFC heavyweight fighter in the world.

The UK-led challenge to the land speed record ups its pace in trials in the Kalahari Desert.

Lionheart, ineligible for best international film, represents how Nigerians talk, its director says.

South Africa arrive in Egypt for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations with just 12 players.

Eight-year-old Efia Ayeyi has composed her own songs about her genetic disorder.

How one small town is struggling through South Africa's worst drought in living memory.

Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita returns to the Guinea squad for their upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Soldiers are alleged to have tied up and killed a suspect before burying him in a shallow grave.

Two clubs from Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt progress to group stage of Confederation Cup.