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The man in charge of African football, president Ahmad, will not attend this week's Fifa Council meetings in Miami after being refused a visa.

Samora Mangesi says he was the victim of a racist attack after stopping to help people with their car.

The US plane-maker suspends the 737 Max after investigators find new evidence at disaster site.

In a country so used to government corruption, have ordinary Kenyans totally lost hope?

An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed minutes after taking off, killing all 157 people on board. What happened?

Rape and fraud scandals involving fake pastors have prompted calls for regulation of the church.

Eyewitnesses describe their terror as a building containing a school collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria.

Crowds gather at the Rabta hospital, as a bereaved father says officials must be held accountable.

Tewolde Gebremariam says Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft shouldn't fly until their safety is established.

Emergency workers and locals are working to rescue those trapped under the rubble.

The primary school was on the top floor of a building in the city of Lagos, reports say.

The e-commerce company is to become first African start-up to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Many countries have grounded Boeing 737 Max jets after the Ethiopian Airlines crash but not the US.

Benin coach Michel Dussuyer includes four uncapped players in his 23-man squad for their decisive 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo.

Demonstrations have continued despite Abdelaziz Bouteflika saying he would not stand for a fifth term.

Relatives of the people who died on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight have been speaking of their grief.

New Tunisia coach Alain Giresse has handed recalls to Youssef Msakni and Moez Hassen ahead of the AFCON qualifier with eSwatini later this month.

BBC's Africa business editor Larry Madowo went to meet Sophia, one of the world's most famous robots.

Protesters march again in Algiers despite President Bouteflika's decision not to seek a fifth term.

After missing the last two Afcon qualifiers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been included in coach Daniel Cousin's squad for Gabon's crucial final match in Group C.