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Morocco head coach Walid Regragui says Africa Cup of Nations win must come first before the Atlas Lions look to conquer the world.

The sub-Saharan African migrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy.

US Vice-President Kamala Harris embarks on a tour of the continent amid fierce competition for influence.

The government said it had found their parents' remains but other research raised fresh questions.

Revised rules for athletes with high testosterone mean Namibia's Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma will not compete at this year's World Championships.

Paul Rusesabagina, played in the 2004 movie by Don Cheadle, was credited with saving 1,200 people.

Gudaf Tsegay had the best season of her career in 2022 despite being separated from her parents and siblings by Ethiopia's civil war.

Meet Somalia's all-female media team which fights and highlights the stereotypes female journalists are facing.

Fifa's ethics committee provisionally suspends a football coach in DR Congo while a para sport official in Cameroon is under investigation for rape.

Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife brought a young man to the UK to donate a kidney.

The young man was brought to the UK to provide a kidney for the sick daughter of a Nigerian senator.

Two Somali sex workers describe how they were drawn into the dangerous illegal underground scene.

Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk is suspended for using a spectator's mobile phone to disallow a goal

The next two rounds of qualifiers take place over eight days for a place at next year's African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

The health minister is confident the Ebola-like virus will not spread beyond the affected area.

Is it the end of the relationship between France and its ex-African colonies?

Small-scale growers are empty handed after forking out large sums for equipment and training.

People identifying as gay or a sexual minority could face lengthy prison terms if it becomes law.

Uganda's parliament drafts new law that criminalises identifying as LGBT in the country.

Can Morocco become just the second African nation to host a World Cup after announcing a joint bid with Spain and Portugal?