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Nigeria is used to seasonal flooding, but this year has been significantly worse than usual.

Cities in Tigray are reportedly being carpet bombed as food and medical supplies are running out.

Namibia shock Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka and the Netherlands edge past United Arab Emirates as the Men's T20 World Cup starts in spectacular fashion.

Sauda, a stand-out female footballer dreams of turning professional.

There have been 19 deaths and 58 cases reported in Uganda during this outbreak.

Religious intolerance is topping debates in Nigeria with four months to go to elections.

Protesters denounced the president as an autocrat and also highlighted food and fuel shortages.

Over one million people have left their homes after widespread flooding hits Nigeria.

Umaru Fofana looks back at how reporting on Sierra Leone's civil war 25 years ago got personal.

More than a million people are now homeless in the worst flooding the nation has seen in a decade.

Nigeria is being hit with some of its worst flooding in over a decade with more than 500 deaths since July.

Kenya's 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyokei and compatriot Betty Wilson Lempus are provisionally suspended following failed drug tests.

Kenyan farmers are turning to social media platforms to increase their knowledge of farming and boost their incomes.

Benin's four-time presidential candidate, Marie-Elise Gbedo, traces the story of the legendary Dahomey warriors.

Thousands of dead swimming crabs have washed up on the beaches of the Tanzanian islands.

Lecturers agree to resume lessons but the future of Nigeria's universities remains unclear.

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

Nnamdi Kanu was illegally arrested and extradited, a court rules in a major blow to the government.

Nigeria's Alex Iwobi has become "one of the best midfielders" in the Premier League, according to Everton boss Frank Lampard.

Libyan football fans reflect on the lifting of a ban prohibiting them from attending continental club and international matches in the country.