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A five-year-old boy is the first case confirmed in Uganda, after outbreak kills hundreds in DR Congo.

The 108 people are sheltering in a school after attackers killed 95 people in central Mali.

She took the exams in hospital because she did not want to wait another year to graduate.

The High Court decision is a landmark case and contrasts with Kenya's recent ruling against gay sex.

Witnesses contradict the official narrative of events given on a government propaganda trip in Sudan.

Up to 40 inmates inmates from one prison were buried in April after reportedly dying of malnutrition.

Tibor Nagy will urge the country's military leaders to stop their attacks on civilians.

A header by Kadeisha Buchanan, voted best young player at the 2015 Women's World Cup, ensures Canada open their 2019 campaign with a win over Cameroon.

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya is named in South Africa's preliminary squad for the World Championships.

A local official says the bodies of the dead have been burned in the village in central Mali.

Most shops and businesses close as the opposition urges civil disobedience.

Senegalese artist Boubou went viral after painting showbiz stars with dumbbells and boxing gloves.

A school in Nigeria is accepting empty plastic bottles in exchange for payment of school fees.

Kenyan fans of bull-fighting say their version is more humane than Spain's because no bulls die.

Start-ups are springing up across the continent to help solve logistics challenges.

Former Swansea and Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony is named in Ivory Coast's final 23-man squad for this month's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho is left out of Nigeria's final 23-man squad for this month's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Girls in one of Nairobi's toughest neighbourhoods are learning to defend themselves by boxing.

Protest leaders say bank, airport and electricity workers have been detained by the military rulers.

Why the Emir of Kano's power is waning, eroding years of tradition in the Muslim north.