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Former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga says no-one will be spared in an anti-corruption campaign if wins next month’s election.

Senegal team-mates Sadio Mane and Edouard Mendy and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah are on the final shortlist for African football's Player of the Year award.

Luxolo Adams is inspired by the achievements of fellow South African Wayde van Niekerk, but wants to write his own history in the 200m.

The hijab has become a symbol of the battle between secular and Islamist groups.

Ben Stokes' final one-day international ends in another England defeat as South Africa win the series opener in Chester-le-Street by 62 runs.

Morocco showed they are "a team to fear" after beating holders Nigeria on penalties in the semi-final of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto says that he will deal "firmly and decisively" with corruption in the country.

Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali believes he is the "king of steeplechase" after adding the world title in Eugene to his Olympic Games gold.

Zambia call for a replay of their Women's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against South Africa after being knocked out by a contentious penalty.

So much can steal your smile away, I want to make people feel better, Afrobeats musician Omah Lay says.

Farmers are urged to grow sorghum and millet, not just maize, to tackle drought and food shortages.

Two people in Ghana have died from the infectious Marburg virus, raising fears of a mass outbreak..

A contentious injury-time penalty gives South Africa a 1-0 win over Zambia and a place in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations final.

Ethiopia's Gotytom Gebreslase hopes peace can prevail in her country after winning the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships.

There were no fatalities after a plane carrying 36 passengers crash-landed in Somalia's capital.

White and black bodyguards, on opposite sides of the apartheid divide, had to work together.

Lake Nokoué in Benin is home to 80,000 people who live in 42 small stilted villages. The largest of these is Ganvié.

Morocco and Zambia look to upset illustrious opponents Nigeria and South Africa in Monday's semi-finals at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Senegal and Cameroon reach the intercontinental play-offs for the Women's World Cup after repechage wins over Tunisia and Botswana respectively.

There are no fatalities among the 30 people on board despite dramatic scenes at Mogadishu airport.