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Young Bristol City goalkeeper, Al Hadji Sesay, is delighted to get his first call up to the Sierra Leone national team.

Some 400 detainees force open the doors of a prison near Tripoli as militias battle in the capital.

African countries have shown a healthy appetite for Chinese loans but some experts now worry that the continent is gorging on debt, and could soon choke.

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is welcomed by thousands of fans in Athens as he nears a move to Olympiakos.

Noussair Mazraoui will join up with Morocco's squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi after turning down appeals from the Netherlands.

The Solidarity Union says a shares scheme restricted to black workers amounts to "racial exclusion".

Cameroon defender Ambroise Oyongo is 'delighted' to score his first goal for French club Montpellier since joining from MLS side Montreal Impact in January.

Hearts complete the signing of Congo centre-back Clevid Dikamona.

Senegal international defender Kalidou Koulibaly extends his contract with Italian Serie A club Napoli by two years.

A school was struck in the blast and children are feared dead, local media report.

One of Africa's biggest stars gives his top tips on how you can break into the music industry.

This team of women are protecting elephants in the South African bush from ivory poachers.

At least 39 people, including civilians, have died as rival militias battle in the capital Tripoli.

Veteran Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse becomes the latest African to leave China for a return to European football.

The new Algeria coach, Djamel Belmadi, names a new-look 25-man squad ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to The Gambia.

Fifa grants Cameroon's five-man Normalisation Committee a three-month extension to continue managing the country's football federation (Fecafoot).

Six out of eight species of the bird are endangered in Kenya.

Tobi Ibitoye says starring in a TV talent show made him 'the face of diversity' in the Balkan nation.

Conservative South African groups are carrying out international campaigns against the government's land reform plans.

Paris St-Germain sign Stoke forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Bayern Munich left-back Juan Bernat on deadline day.