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Fashion brand Nubian Skin was born out of frustration – Ade Hassan’s frustration that she couldn’t find nude tights to match her skin tone.

The world's best male and female footballers will be named at the Best Fifa Football Awards in London on Monday.

Former Stoke City forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scores his first Paris St-Germain goal as they win at Rennes.

Liverpool's England U20 World Cup winner Sheyi Ojo says he would consider playing for Nigeria at senior international level - if the West African country come calling.

Cameroon's Africa Cup of Nations winning captain Benjamin Moukandjo announces his retirement from international football at the age of 29.

Record eight-time title holders Al Ahly of Egypt go through to the African Champions League semi-finals after a 4-0 win over Horoya of Guinea.

Shipping firm Massoel says pirates boarded a cargo ship and kidnapped 12 people in the Niger Delta.

Guinean referee Baba Leno is banned from all football-related activities for ten years by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) with immediate effect.

Gabon's Football Federation admits it named Pierre Francois Aubameyang as joint coach of the national team without a deal being finalised.

Italy arrested the six fishermen at sea earlier this month on suspicion of smuggling migrants.

South Africa warm up for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations by winning the regional Cosafa Championship on Saturday, beating Cameroon 2-1 in the final.

Fit-again Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama is back in Kenya's squad for their two 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia in October.

Saido Berahino says he wants to help Burundi qualify for major tournaments following his recent decision to commit his international future to the African country.

A man survives in an air pocket in a Lake Victoria ferry that overturned two days ago, killing 170.

Entente Setif knock holders Wydad Casablanca out of the African Champions League by forcing a 0-0 draw in Morocco to win their quarter-final 1-0 on aggregate.

Survivors from a ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, have spoken of their ordeal.

Raja Bushra says poetry enables her and others to openly express the challenges of life in Sudan.

A Kenyan judge temporarily lifts a ban on a film about a lesbian love affair ahead of the Oscars.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says that his father Pierre Francois has not agreed to coach Gabon and is currently unwell.

Dozens of people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria in Tanzania.