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The dream of visa-free travel for Africans on the continent is still a long way off.

In-form Ghana international midfielder Mubarak Wakaso escapes unhurt following a car accident in Spain on Sunday morning.

Dijon's Mehdi Abeid is determined to work his way back into the Algeria squad after being overlooked for this month's 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The US First Lady undertakes her first major foreign trip alone to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt.

Why women in Ethiopia's Oromia region hold a special ceremony for a mother, five days after she gives birth.

Agnes Mutemi says her mentally ill daughter, Nambia, is now making progress in a school which specialises in caring for children with disabilities.

Russian side CSKA Moscow sign Mali's under-17 World Cup star Lassana N'Diaye from Guidars youth academy for an undisclosed fee.

Mali coach Mohammed Magassouba calls up 18-year old Cheick Oumar Doucouré and France-born striker Alimani Gory ahead of the Nations Cup qualifiers against Burundi.

Dozens of people suffered second-degree burns after a tanker collided with a car in the DR Congo.

Madagascar confirm Vontovorona as the new venue for their forthcoming Nations Cup qualifiers following a deadly stampede at their national stadium last month.

Armed rebels have vowed to enforce a boycott of the 7 October election in parts of the country.

Wiyaala Djimba is a Ghanaian Afro pop singer and song writer who is fast becoming an international icon.

Fifa has suspended Sierra Leone 'with immediate effect' due to government interference in the running of the country's FA.

"It's one of the great spectacles of Africa," says our reporter Ferdinand Omondi. But what happened next caused lots of giggles as one of the baby elephants made quite a splash.

Algeria coach Djamal Belmadi recalls Hoffenheim striker Ishak Belfodil as well as Napoli's Adam Ounas to play Benin in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

He has won the award for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Campaigners Nadia Murad, a Yazidi, and Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynaecologist, are given the prize.

Sampdoria's Omar Colley feels he is being 'punished' as he is left out of The Gambia's squad for their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Togo.

Ivory Coast call-up Chelsea academy goalkeeper Nicolas Tie and include Wilfried Zaha in their squad to face CAR in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers8

Chemicals found in some Afro hair products around the world could be damaging your health.