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People were burnt alive and a two-year-old was thrown into a septic tank, a UN investigation says.

Protesters accuse President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of a ploy to prolong his 20-year rule.

Hundreds welcome President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to drop his bid for a fifth term.

Kenya's electricity surplus could be capitalised on by a company reconditioning electric vehicles.

Journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about an influential ruler's bid to promote farming.

Chess player Babatunde Onakoya is using the game to educate children in Nigerian slum communities.

Aviation officials resist calls to ground the model involved in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika pulls out of the presidential election race amid nationwide protests.

Ethiopian Airlines has been shaken by the crash that killed 157 people, but it is widely recognized as Africa's most successful airline.

Coach Stuart Baxter names 24 players for the Nations Cup qualifier against Libya on 24 March where Bafana Bafana need to avoid defeat to reach Egypt 2019.

A man whose father died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, says he wished he'd spent more time saying goodbye.

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has been left out of coach Kwesi Appiah's 24-man squad to face Kenya in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Accra on 23 March.

Veteran striker Dieumerci Mbokani is recalled to DR Congo's squad for their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home to Liberia on 24 March.

Investigators recover two devices from the crashed plane that had 157 people on board.

Passengers from more than 30 nations were on board the plane that crashed on Sunday, killing 157.

Tunisia's CS Sfaxien and Renaissance Berkane of Morocco become the first teams to qualify for this season's African Confederation Cup quarter-finals.

Denis Omondi has been trying to get permission for Ann to move from Kenya to Scotland since last year.

Caf pays tribute to Hussein Swaleh, a senior Kenyan football official, who was among those killed in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.

A Greek man says he arrived two minutes late and missed the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed.

The United Nations Environment Assembly holds a moment of silence for those who died on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.