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How Nigerian Ramon Abbas went from a romance scammer to a so-called "Billionaire Gucci Master".

Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba sets a new 2,000m world record at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb.

Tunisia retain their men's African Nations Volleyball Championship title with a 3-1 win over Cameroon in the final in Rwanda on Tuesday.

Hushpuppi, Nigerian social media influencer, funded his luxurious lifestyle by cybercrime.

South Africa's FA believes it can successfully host Fifa's Club World Cup later this year despite current Covid concerns.

Police were alerted by Révocat Karemangingo of a plot to kill him, the refugee association says.

Algeria's Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef are suspended for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after withdrawing from the Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.

A Rwandan diplomat has been accused of detaining a government critic portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda.

Some indigenous groups say the planned office in Cape Town is on culturally important land.

Twenty years after the US 'War on Terror' began, Islamist movements have spread across Africa.

Joy and her family are among 2m Nigerians living within 4km of a gas flare in Nigeria's oil-rich south.

Former Chelsea, Newcastle and West Ham striker Demba Ba retires from playing, aged 36.

A statue of Modeste Testas, an African slave, has been vandalised with white paint in Bordeaux.

About 240 inmates were freed after armed attackers stormed the facility in Kogi state on Sunday.

Former Liverpool star Bruce Grobbelaar is interested in being the next coach of Zimbabwe after the sacking of Croatian Zdravko Logarusic.

Equatorial Guinea's Malabo King take the final spot at an inaugural league aimed at boosting women's football in Africa.

Shadowy financiers are closing down a once democratic space on Twitter for political debate in Kenya.

Documents reveal British American Tobacco’s role in bribery and spying in southern Africa.

A late Quade Cooper penalty secures victory for Australia against South Africa in the Rugby Championship after New Zealand thrash Argentina.

The latest tactic to tackle kidnapping gangs is to cut off mobiles and the internet.