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Alicia Keys is one of a number of prominent figures calling on Nigeria's president to free protesters.

Ethiopian soldiers recount the dramatic moment their army camps were raided in Tigray.

Tolulope Adeleke is a UK midwife organising antenatal classes for first time dads in Lagos, Nigeria.

When the US national anthem failed to play at his son's basketball match, this dad saved the day.

Supporters of Nana Akufo-Addo are celebrating after he wins a second term in office.

Former Cameroon international Patrick Suffo applauds the anti-racism stance taken by players of Paris St-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir.

The Confederation of African Football fines Arsenal's Pierre Emerick Aubameyang as Gambia considers an appeal against its sanction

A group of the animals in Kenya, who became trapped on a new island, are being rehomed and it isn't easy.

Malawi is seeing a boom in furniture-making as people look to locally-made goods over exports.

A cardiology nurse returned to Zambia to start a business in vegetable farming.

The team was reportedly trying to visit a refugee camp in Tigray when it came under fire.

We've looked at some misleading news that's been shared about Ghana's election.

A teenage son of one of the Senegalese men died at sea trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands.

Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe talks about leaving the Democratic Republic of Congo as a child to build a new life in the UK.

Dr Ashraf Emarah is one of 14 doctors to have died from coronavirus in Kenya, prompting a strike call.

Reporter Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani writes about his experience of secretly filming inside Sudan's Islamic boarding schools to expose abuse, and reveals why the investigation was so personal to him.

South Africa's farmers are fighting ongoing locust swarms to preserve the country's food security.

More than 17 million Ghanaians are eligible to vote on Monday's poll to elect a new president and parliament.

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie sets a new world record for the half marathon with a stunning victory in Valencia.

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has found himself in a conflict less than a year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.