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The US has imposed tariffs on Rwanda over an obscure import: Second-hand clothes.

The US has imposed tariffs on Rwanda over an obscure import: Second-hand clothes.

President Macron is to thank a Malian man who saved a child dangling from a fourth-floor Paris balcony.

Mohamed Salah says he is "confident" of playing in the World Cup after suffering a shoulder injury in the Champions League final.

Real Madrid's Achraf Hakimi heads to the World Cup in confident mood after becoming the first Moroccan to win the Uefa Champions League.

Egyptian fans vent their anger on social media after the Liverpool star Mo Salah's injury in the Champions League final.

Mohamed Salah's injury is "serious" according to Jurgen Klopp, but Egypt remain confident he will be fit for the World Cup.

Zimbabwe's Axcil Jefferies hopes to be the first African racing driver on the F1 grid for 25 years.

Zimbabwean Axcil Jefferies hopes to be the first African racing driver on the F1 grid for 25 years.

South African disability rights campaigner Eddie Ndopu says he is "a living manifestation of possibility".

South African disability rights campaigner Eddie Ndopu says he is "a living manifestation of possibility".

World Cup-bound Nigeria are "more than happy with being written off", according to Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi.

People smugglers opened fire on 100 migrants trying to flee their clutches, an aid agency reports.

For the first time in a decade, all 14 member nations of the Council of Southern Africa FA's will compete in the regional Cosafa Cup which kicks off on Sunday.

Children are among the dead after a bus hit a tractor that was driving at night without lights.

Radio presenter Mancho Bibixy is among seven people convicted of rebellion and terrorism.

Africans have been overtaken by Mo Salah fever, ahead of the Liverpool-Real Madrid showdown.

Turkish journalist Hasan Söylemez is cycling across Africa asking people about their dreams.

Some people "don't think a black woman should be leading Fifa", says Fatma Samoura - the organisation's first female secretary general.

Despite its vast size and dilapidated health system, DR Congo says it can contain the deadly Ebola virus.