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Cameroonian basketball star Joel Embiid is struggling after testing positive for Covid-19 according to Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers.

Survivors are left wondering how to rebuild their lives after Sierra Leone's tanker explosion.

Rwanda's Ampersand wants motorbike taxi drivers to switch from petrol to electric.

Many other schoolchildren aged five to six are injured during lessons in their straw-hut classrooms.

African Development Bank's President Akinwumi Adesina on why he is still optimistic that Africa will receive the funds needed to adapt to the impact of global climate change.

The authorities have also made an urgent appeal for blood donations in the capital Freetown.

Siny Samba set up a baby food business in Senegal, using only unprocessed local produce.

The ex-Olympian will first have to meet the parents of the woman he murdered, Reeva Steenkamp.

Athol Williams says he has received threats since testifying in a corruption inquiry.

Few of Abdulrazak Gurnah's novels are sold in Tanzania where reading fiction is not popular.

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir won the women's race at the New York City marathon as compatriot Albert Korir claimed the men's title.

The rally comes as rebel Tigrayan forces advance within 300km of the capital Addis Ababa.

Protesters are demanding the military step back and allow the transition to civilian rule.

There has been political infighting after comments she made to the BBC about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman retains his title with a unanimous decision win against Colby Covington in their rematch at UFC 268.

Despite the bloody crackdown, many Sudanese remain determined to overturn the military takeover.

Freetown is in shock following Friday night's explosion which killed scores of people.

A huge explosion happened after an oil truck collided with another vehicle in the nation's capital.

The issues for Africa, the continent most vulnerable as temperatures rise, that COP26 must not ignore.

The army calls on former military personnel to join it, as rebel forces advance on the capital.