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Dihya, or Kahina, is a figure still celebrated today despite her story dating back to the 7th Century.

Nigeria captain John Mikel Obi pledges financial support to the country's amputee football team who face a race against time to make it to the World Cup in Mexico.

Somalia's bomb-hit capital relies on a free first-aid team but it is having to scale down operations.

A televised rape trial in South Africa of a Nigerian televangelist prompts a furious backlash.

Millions of African and Asian women work as maids in the Gulf. They have few rights and abuse is rife.

Alex Lewis will attempt to summit Ras Dashen mountain in Ethiopia in January using a special buggy and rock climbing.

Sub-Saharan Africa's oldest leader is re-elected in polls marred by low turnout and separatist violence.

Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu had not been seen since soldiers stormed his home more than a year ago.

Chelsea's Nigeria international defender Kenneth Omeruo says things are looking up after a work permit hitch delayed his start to life in La Liga on loan to Leganes.

Defending champions Nigeria will face South Africa with hosts Ghana set to play Cameroon, as the draw for the 2018 Women's Nations Cup is made in Accra.

The rural eatery where you can buy a traditional favourite with the most modern of currencies.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her family, Africa, misogyny and the adaptation of Americanah.

Ex-Guinea striker Ismael Bangoura is given a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined more than 130,000 euros after being convicted of fraud by a court in France.

Faouzi Benzarti, sacked as Tunisia's coach having just secured the team's place at next year's Africa Cup of Nations, describes the decision as 'insulting.'

A row at a market devolved into deadly violence between Hausa Muslims and Adara Christians.

The murder of a Nigerian aid worker raises questions about the targeting of humanitarian agencies.

The artist who carpets streets in Accra with huge tapestries of yellow plastic squares.

Tunisia sack their head coach Faouzi Benzarti, just four days after he helped the Carthage Eagles qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations.

Odion Ighalo says death threats aimed at his family after the World Cup were not enough to make him quit playing for Nigeria.

Mohammed Dewji, said to be Africa's youngest billionaire, said he thanked Allah and the police.