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The five candidates for the vacant African seat on the Fifa Council are undergoing integrity checks before standing in next month's poll.

Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah accuses the Egyptian Football Association of ignoring his complaints over image rights.

The young MP is facing treason charges for his alleged role in the stoning of a presidential car.

Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa must beat Guinea's Horoya at home on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of this season's African Champions League.

Livingston have signed Angola international Dolly Menga on a two-year deal, subject to clearance.

Artists, photographers and street performers from around the world take over the streets of Ghana's capital, Accra for the annual Chale Wote street art festival.

Images of the scars on a young woman who says she was abducted and raped cause widespread disgust.

The Prime Minister will present the bell to the President of South Africa in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Using honey to boost the income of the archipelago's residents.

The Uganda Cubs reach next year's Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-1 win over Ethiopia in the final of the Central East Zone qualifying tournament.

French club Guingamp announces that Guinea international Abdoul 'Razza' Camara will never appear for the club again, due to 'medical reasons.'

His inauguration comes a day after his main rival rejected a court ruling upholding the result.

A new technique is helping turn dogs at one Kenyan port into super-sniffers.

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse names five uncapped players in his 23-man squad for the Teranga Lions' 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Madagascar.

Nelson Chamisa dismisses a ruling backing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the vote.

Newcastle's Senegal international midfielder Henri Saivet joins Turkish side Bursaspor on a season-long loan deal.

Sheillah Sheldone Charles draws, models, and is a designer. And she's just nine years old.

Jean-Pierre Bemba is deemed ineligible to stand just months after being released from prison.

Afrobeats MP Bobi Wine is shaking the political establishment in Uganda, where Yoweri Museveni has been leader for decades.

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson warns Watford mascot Harry the Hornet against "disgraceful" provocation of Wilfried Zaha in Sunday's Premier League game.