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Ghana's interim head coach Otto Addo says Nigeria are not favourites to win Tuesday's decisive World Cup play-off.

The BBC speaks to victims of sexual violence as rights groups say rape was used as a weapon of war.

Three women tell their stories and chilling accounts of physical and sexual abuse.

The first leg of the 2022 World Cup play-off between West African rivals Ghana and visitors Nigeria ends in a goalless draw.

A fourth-minute own goal is enough to give Egypt a 1-0 win over Senegal in Cairo in their World Cup play-off.

Tshegofatso Pule was found hanging from a tree, provoking outrage across South Africa.

Ten African teams meet over two legs to decide which five nations will be going to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in November.

Most people want their nation to make it to the World Cup, but this is not so for some Cameroonians.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe says the treason charges against him were politically motivated.

The civil war has left millions in need of food aid and none has been delivered to Tigray for months.

South Africa qualify for the semi-finals of the Women's Cricket World Cup despite their game against West Indies being abandoned due to rain.

Nigeria defender Kenneth Omeruo discusses the meaning of an international cap.

A host of by-elections present a key test for the new opposition and the country's democratic credentials.

Two of Africa's biggest football rivals Nigeria and Ghana go head-to-head for a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Kenyan presidential candidate insists he is independent of President Kenyatta's influence.

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are something of an odd couple, international adversaries, rivals to score goals but friends who work together for Liverpool.

The women's husbands were executed after protesting against pollution caused by oil leaks.

After crashing out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage Algeria and Djamel Belmadi are looking to make amends by qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar.

The struggle of Uganda's Batwa people three decades after they were forced from their ancestral home.