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The Cameroonian triple jumper took two Olympic golds after being inspired by her family - her sick mother and then her new baby son.

Only one baby was born alive as urgent treatment was delayed over Covid-19-related staffing issues.

In the past year, Anisa lost her mother, her job and her house and had hoped Hajj would help her find solace.

Sammy Awami writes that his relatives are divided over the Tanzanian leader's policy on Covid-19.

Akinwumi Adesina, president of African Development Bank, had been accused of nepotism and cronyism.

How Wayde van Niekerk broke the men's 400m world record at the 2016 Olympic Games - one held by a true athletics legend.

Former Guinea-Bissau football federation president Manuel Nascimento will await the full grounds for his 10-year Fifa ban before deciding whether to appeal the decision.

Omar started to cook after doctors told him to use his muscles to help with his neuromuscular myopathy.

Teenage Kenyan tennis star Angella Okutoyi says delaying the 2022 Youth Olympics for four years is set to hit her career development.

Coronavirus has given Ghanaians a new perspective on the pull of living abroad.

When Mohamed was caught with his boyfriend he had to flee Somaliland, where homosexuality is illegal.

Soumaila Cissé was kidnapped days before Mali's disputed elections which led to deadly protests.

Judges praised Irenosen Okojie's tale about a Grace Jones impersonator hiding a dark secret.

The five young women are sentenced to two years in prison and fined almost $19,000 (£15,000) each.

Tundu Lissu, attacked in the capital in 2017, wants to run for office after treatment in Belgium.

Kurian Omukimbizi went to Nairobi for work, but was separated from his family when lockdown was announced.

More than 80 people were killed in two attacks in Sudan's restive western region, the UN says.

As coronavirus infections surge, Andrew Harding notes meaningless statistics and a fear of hospitals.

From $800 of clothes in a suitcase to a ticket to Milan Fashion Week.

Somalia has fewer than 100 official Covid-19 deaths. But its cemeteries tell a different story.