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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.

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

Meet Wiyaala Djimba, the Ghanaian Afro musician who loves Madonna and short hair.

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

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.

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

Kenyan rapper Lal Daggy is deaf and doesn't speak, relaying his music through sign language.

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

The planes collided as they were landing after training flights, a military spokesman said.

Who are the rebel groups which have taken up arms to fight for independence for English-speaking parts of Cameroon?

The country will vote for its next president amid a civil conflict in its English-speaking regions.

Ibrahim Sherifo has not seen or heard from his parents since he was 13 years old when they were "disappeared" in Eritrea.

Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on the kind of welcome given to the US first lady.

How one paraplegic woman has helped thousands of other disabled people in Morocco and across Africa.

Ubah Mohamed used aliases to get work before breaking into Hollywood.

Natasha Museveni's film charts her father's journey from rebel leader to Ugandan president.