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Fifa will review South Africa's defeat by Ghana in 2022 World Cup qualifying after the South Africa FA made a complaint.

PC Fletcher was killed outside the Libyan Embassy in 1984 during a protest by anti-Gaddafi activists.

Fifa could ban Zimbabwe from international football after the board of its football association was suspended by a government commission.

Seven wardens have been arrested after three men escape a maximum-security facility near Nairobi.

At least 24 people are injured in the blasts near parliament and the city's police HQ.

Tens of thousands of Nigerians took to the streets last October as part of the #EndSars protests.

The officers covered up the torture and killing of Alexander Monson, a judge in Mombasa rules.

South Africa's FA is to protest to Fifa about the refereeing during Sunday's decisive World Cup qualifying loss to Ghana.

The stability of the Horn of Africa in part rests on a peaceful resolution to Ethiopia's civil war.

Five soldiers serving with the African Union are found guilty of killing seven civilians in Golweyn.

DR Congo reach the play-off phase of African World Cup qualifying when beating Benin 2-0 in Kinshasa on Sunday.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, wanted on war crimes charges at an international court, registers as a candidate.

The accountant-turned-novelist's 49 books have sold more than 140 million copies worldwide.

When 20 people fled a passenger plane it shed light on migration routes as well as airport safety.

Senegal's only circus troupe was set up to help child beggars get off the streets.

Three people are killed by scorpion stings after storms brought the creatures onto the streets.

Five protesters were killed, medics say, days after military leaders tightened their grip on power.

Cameroon's battle with Ivory Coast for one 2022 World Cup play-off spot will go down to the wire, as will Nigeria's tussle with Cape Verde.

Ijeoma Ogwuegbu only took up painting 18 months ago but praise from Thandiwe Newton helped her work go viral.

The president of Kenya's football federation has been arrested as a series of developments threw the country's footballing future into uncertainty.