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Since the country’s first LGBT safe space was closed down by police, queer Ghanaians are "not safe".

Hamed Bakayoko died of cancer, the authorities say, days after his 56th birthday.

The president has coronavirus and has had a cardiac arrest, an opposition leader tells the BBC.

Explosions at a munitions depot in the main city Bata led to more than 100 deaths.

Who is Ousmane Sonko, why was he arrested and why are people protesting in Senegal?

The harrowing tales from Uganda from the families of those who have been detained after a series of raids.

Loise Nyagol shares her experience after she suffered miscarriages due to a condition known as a blighted ovum.

James Ibori stole the money while he was governor of Nigeria's Delta State in the early 2000s.

Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou is the recipient of the 2020 Ibrahim Prize for leadership.

The Confederation of African Football cancels the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations just five days before kick off.

Naomi Adamu was abducted by Islamist militants from Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014 and spent three years in captivity.

Over 600 people were injured in the huge explosion at a military base in the city of Bata.

More protests are planned as the opposition leader calls the charges politically motivated.

South Africa's Patrice Motsepe will become Caf president on Friday after Ahmad's Fifa ban is reduced, but not overturned, by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

South African Zinhle Ndawonde combines playing one of the world's toughest sports with one of the world's toughest jobs.

As many as 30 people may have died at the facility, which was holding migrants mostly from Ethiopia.

In the country with the world's highest prevalence of HIV, Thembi Nkambule doesn't want people to die of Aids ashamed and alone.

At least 20 people have reportedly died and hundreds more have been injured in the city of Bata.

Five people are now known to have died after protests over opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's arrest.

Ghana celebrates independence day by beating Uganda 2-0 in Nouakchott on Saturday to win their first African Under-20 championship title in 10 years.