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The former trader convicted of fraud is taken to Heathrow Airport despite a campaign to stop deportation.

Mali coach Mohammed Saloum Houssein has named six foreign-based players in his squad for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill will not rush Michael Obafemi into making a decision on his international future.

Lifting of the arms ban, asset freeze and travel restrictions follows a historic deal with Ethiopia.

Kenya's Football Federation (FKF) appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a late bid to reverse their exclusion from the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Mountain gorilla: Conservation efforts appear to be paying off for large, charismatic animals.

The shortlist for BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018 will be revealed on Saturday 17 November.

Equatorial Guinea captain Genoveva Anonman Nze admits it will be tough at the Women's Nations Cup because of the limited time they had to prepare.

The UK refuses the pair visas to attend an awards ceremony for their risky work protecting elephants.

Might this living laboratory hold the key to controlling malaria and other conditions?

The Pink Legacy diamond sold for 50.3m Swiss francs ($50m), a world record price per carat.

Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is looking for the skull of a rebel Tanzanian chief who was executed by German colonisers.

The Eritrean family have just arrived in Canada from a refugee camp in Sudan.

Anglophone TV editor Mimi Mefo Takambo had shared reports that soldiers killed a US missionary.

A botched update to network hardware meant an African ISP wrongly took over Google net addresses.

Nine students were killed in a dormitory whose doors had been padlocked, trapping dozens inside.

Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea are among the teams to make changes to their squads ahead of their upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Kenyan social media sceptic Joey agrees to live her life on Instagram for a week to see what happens.

Somalia is one of the most dangerous places for journalists, with nearly 40 killed in the past decade.

The dormitory's doors were padlocked and dozens of people were trapped inside, officials say.