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American Floyd Mayweather is planning to establish a boxing academy in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

There was national outrage when Astou Sokhna and her unborn baby died after a traumatic labour.

Egyptian club Al Ahly appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the decision to host the African Champions League final in Morocco.

South African Kevin Anderson says he decided to call time on his tennis career aged 35 as his passion and determination had dipped.

On 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, we explore the forgotten Egyptians that were there.

An exhibition in Oxford tells how Howard Carter's team excavated the pharaoh's tomb 100 years ago.

Rescue efforts continue 24 hours a day to find eight miners caught by flash floods in Burkina Faso.

Gondar University responds to a BBC report that there was a campaign to cover up war-crime evidence.

Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma hopes to win more medals and inspire others across the continent after finally getting her hands on the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year award for 2021.

South Africa has one of the highest rates of kidnapping in the world, as Lesego Tau's ordeal shows.

Ncuti Gatwa is preparing to take on the role of one of British TV's most iconic characters.

Goodluck Jonathan wants to stand in next year's election for the party that defeated him in 2015.

Fifa orders the Nigeria Football Federation to pay former coach Gernot Rohr just under $378,000 for breach of contract without just cause.

DR Congo international Jody Lukoki, who began his senior career with Dutch giants Ajax, has died at the age of 29.

A video showing a group haranguing the young women at the Giza pyramids sparked outrage online.

A Nigerian designer is making NFTs of African artefacts in Western museums to help local artists.

Plans to stop domestic flights in protest at the spiralling cost of aviation fuel have been suspended.

On the red carpet at the Bafta Awards, incoming Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa talks about his new role.

The star of Netflix's Sex Education will replace Jodie Whittaker in the BBC science fiction show.

Mass funerals are held in South Africa after the country's most deadly natural disaster.