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Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.

President Macron acknowledges that an Algerian nationalist was killed by the French army in 1957.

Girmay Gebru is freed without charge after being detained in the conflict-hit Tigray region on Monday.

Out of 11 vulture species found in Africa, 7 are on the verge of extinction.

In the past year, more than 20 rangers have been killed defending Africa's oldest national park.

Scientists discover a high rate of people who suppress the virus without taking medication.

Egyptian giants Zamalek will be handed a transfer ban at the end of March unless the club pays its former player Benjamin Acheampong over $1m.

The Tower Of The Koutoubia Mosque, owned by the actress, is sold to an unidentified buyer.

A group of nearly 300 girls are released after they were abducted from their school last week.

Girmay Gebru and four others were taken from a café in the regional capital Mekelle, witnesses say.

Viewers are asking why most contestants in the reality show are white in the majority-black country.

Ivory Coast and Ghana start using Covid vaccines provided by a scheme to help poorer nations.

A reward system for kidnappers is fuelling mass abductions of students in northern Nigeria.

There were mixed fortunes for South African clubs in two delayed African Champions League ties.

A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa is on a mission to some dangerous and drug-infested areas.

Seven immigrants re-live the terrifying moment when they saved two boys from a burning flat in Grenoble.

Human rights violations have taken place in Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

Lucy's dream of working in the Middle East turned into a nightmare of abuse. She's not the only one.

A devaluing currency and hard economic conditions make cryptocurrencies attractive despite the risks.

Some 317 girls remain missing in Zamfara state, but 42 people abducted in Niger state are freed.