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The mummy was found inside a sarcophagus that has remained unopened for 4,300 years.

Nigerian Asisat Oshoala scores a hat-trick as Barcelona Femeni become the first team ever to win 50 league games in a row.

Africa will struggle with its efforts to host NBA games due to a lack of quality venues, Toronto Rapids president Masai Ujiri says.

Paris half-marathon record holder Betty Lempus both took drugs and then attempted to cover it up once caught, the AUI finds.

Viral videos of minerals with apparent electrical properties are not what they seem.

Relatives of those who died when two Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed are trying to reopen a prosecution.

Burkina Faso wants to defend itself against jihadists, who have forced two million from their homes.

The quarter-final line-up for the African Nations Championship guarantees the trophy will be going to a first-time winner.

In a sign of growing tensions, Rwanda says it took "defensive action" against a plane in its airspace.

Former Black Stars boss Kwesi Appiah reveals he is eager to return for a third stint in the Ghana hot seat.

Kenya's Collins Injera, the second-highest scorer in Rugby 7s history, announces he is retiring.

The BBC explores key contenders, voter issues and why this ballot is different to previous ones.

Harrison Kingston was part of Liverpool's Champions League and Premier League success. In 2020, he swapped it all to work with Morocco.

Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi has been named Arab Sportsman of the Year for 2022 after aiding his country's World Cup run and Paris St-Germain's league title.

South Africa has the right to conduct such exercises with its "friends", the foreign minister says.

The fans were celebrating with a replica trophy but were arrested for staging an illegal procession

Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba questions the length of Eric Bailly's seven-game ban for a foul that hospitalised another player.

Noella Luka documents her own descent into bipolar disorder challenging the stigmas surrounding the issue of mental health in Kenya.

The Head of the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has told the BBC that the Nigerian elections will go ahead as planned.

Activists say not enough has been made public about controversial plans for the outdated attraction.