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Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is set to take a coaching role within Tottenham's academy.

Africa has the capacity to stage the Commonwealth Games, despite Durban having to pull out as 2022 hosts, says one of the event's organisers.

Tala Safwan, who has millions of followers, denies that her clip had lesbian undertones.

Ghana coach Otto Addo admits it has not been easy to convince dual-nationality players to commit to playing for the West African country.

President Uhuru Kenyatta wants long-time rival Raila Odinga to win next month's presidential poll.

Each coin will be priced at the international market rate for an ounce of gold plus 5% for costs.

Tobi Amusan is the new 100m hurdles world record holder and world champion, but still remembers her father burning her running gear.

The number of women hoping to be elected is rising but they still face cultural and religious challenges.

Captain Refiloe Jane hopes South Africa winning the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco can bring together a nation undergoing social hardships.

President Saied says the reforms will strengthen the country but opponents see them as a betrayal.

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan breaks the 100m hurdles world record before going on to win gold in the World Athletics Championships final.

The lack of health cover in Kenya means Herima Mwakima used all her savings to keep her brother alive.

On Monday Tunisians will vote on a new constitution that has been internationally criticised.

BBC Africa Eye has tracked down the ultra-violent bandit warlords who are raiding villages and abducting schoolchildren across north-western Nigeria.

Officials warn that immigration centres are being overwhelmed by the pace of new arrivals.

Guday Tsegay claims Ethiopia's fourth gold medal of the World Athletics Championships when winning the women's 5000m.

Sergei Lavrov is in Egypt as Moscow counters international anger over the war in Ukraine.

The BBC's Anne Soy reports from the Horn of Africa, where US officials warn of a "hunger catastrophe".

The North African is set to vote on a constitution that seeks to extend President Kais Saied's powers.

South Africa end decades of heartbreak and four previous final failures as they beat host nation Morocco 2-1 to win the Women's Africa Cup of Nations for the first time.