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The delayed 2020 African Nations Championship, also known as CHAN, kicks off in Cameroon on Saturday.

Novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani criticises coverage of the kidnapping of schoolchildren.

The move comes a day after Facebook closed "fake" accounts it said were linked to the government.

Mawada al-Adham and Haneen Hossam were given two years in prison for posting "indecent" videos.

Tweeters query why the role has not been given to a prominent Kenyan like actress Lupita Nyong'o.

An investigation is opened into the disappearance of Diary Sow who has not been seen since 4 January.

Five things you need to know about Uganda's divisive election.

Cardiff City defender Sol Bamba is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer, the Championship club has announced

The government accuses the social media giant of bias days before hotly contested elections.

This comes after a large-scale death of fish was reported on Lake Victoria and the River Nile.

Beny Steinmetz denies allegations of corruption over a major mining deal in Guinea.

A technically gifted teenage winger with bags of ability but a bit lightweight - Amad Diallo is not the first Manchester United signing to fit that description.

Uganda's Bobi Wine is aiming to unseat President Yoweri Museveni after 35 years in power.

Mai-Mai militia group is being blamed for the ambush at a famous park where endangered gorillas live.

Uganda's Yoweri Museveni is running for a sixth elected term in office, against 10 challengers.

The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC filmed a rescue operation.

Chemistry student Innocent Havyarimana started a thriving business in a Kenyan refugee camp.

Speculation continues over who gave the orders for the 2001 shooting of Laurent Kabila.

South Africa's Olympic long jump silver medallist Luvo Manyonga is provisionally suspended for anti-doping whereabouts failures.

As Senegal's Mbaye Leye prepares for his first match in charge of Standard Liege he is also taking a big step for African coaches.