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The chance of playing at the World Cup is spurring on Nigeria striker Henry Onyekuru as comes back from a serious knee injury.

Fifa Council member and DR Congo Football Association president Constant Omari is being questioned as part of an embezzlement probe.

Champions Manchester City have five players in the the Professional Footballers' Association Players' team of the year.

For the first time in 10 years, global malaria cases are no longer falling, and experts are worried.

One of Africa's top musicians is being questioned by Tanzanian police for a video of him kissing a woman.

How a car crash changed Benin's Faouziatou Ibrahima's basketball career.

Senegal is on track to be declared malaria-free by 2030.

Botswana's Ian Khama has just stepped down after 10 years in power - he says other African leaders should also "move aside and give others the opportunity".

As Commonwealth leaders meet in London, the BBC takes a look at the facts and figures behind this club of nations.

One genuine UN peacekeeper is dead and many French soldiers are wounded after the attack.

The Nigerian government insists it is still in discussions to release the missing 112 schoolgirls.

The controversial South African anti-apartheid campaigner is given a high-level send-off.

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse is not ruling out the possibility of bringing striker Demba Ba back into his final plans for the 2018 World Cup.

Tunisian forward Lassad Nouioui is taken to hospital after collapsing on the pitch during a training session with his Spanish club Toledo on Saturday.

Sonwabile Ndamase tells the BBC how the late anti-apartheid campaigner’s life influenced her fashion.

South Africans reflect on what the late anti-apartheid campaigner meant to them as she is laid to rest.

Egypt's Baladi dogs are often looked down upon as strays, but things are changing.

Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick - famous for rearing orphaned baby elephants - dies of cancer.

A controversial property tax has seen residents of Lagos, Nigeria, take to the streets.

The UN says 13 million people need humanitarian aid, but Congolese leaders say this is exaggerated.