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Injured Sierra Leone and Panetolikos forward Alhassan Kamara says his fiancee will be key in his recovery from knee surgery in Greece.

Madagascar captain Faneva Ima Andriatsima hopes the national football team can eclipse the association of his country with a 2005 animated film.

Nigerian hospital patients may not be allowed to leave until they have paid their bill. But in Lagos a wealthy philanthropist is on the lookout for people to help.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Eight demonstrators are killed in clashes with armed police as violence spreads, officials say.

A further setback hits the long-delayed vote after polling materials fail to reach sites in time.

Surgeons removing Musa Manzini's tumour say an "awake" operation helps reduce damage to the brain.

Leicester defender Daniel Amartey signs a new contract to stay with the club until 2022.

The 43 employees, many of them Americans, were convicted in a "foreign funding" case.

The murder of two young women from Norway and Denmark is now being treated as a terror attack.

The Egypt Football Association announces the Pharaohs will play Nigeria in a friendly on 26 March.

West Ham's Spain-born midfielder Pedro Obiang insists he is very proud to play for Equatorial Guinea.

Uganda's President Museveni says Miss World Africa should show off her natural hair instead.

Senegal end 2018 as the highest rated African nation at number 23 on the final Fifa world rankings of the year.

Nigerian comedians Woli Arole and Asiri visit BBC's Broadcasting House and make new friends.

Visa rules mean Becky, Danielle and Maegan's partners have not been allowed to live in the UK.

A controversial business funded by Silicon Valley is launching high-tech schools across Africa.

Diamond Platnumz angers officials by singing banned lyrics which include the word "horny".

Serbian Kosta Papic is named as the new eSwatini coach nine months after the departure of Dutchman Peter de Jongh.

Zimbabwe's former first lady is accused of assaulting a model in a hotel in Johannesburg in 2017.