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Erica Ogwumike has been drafted into the WNBA - but is also a medical student in the US. She talks about combining the two - and why she would like to represent Nigeria.

Scientists say the microbe - found in the wild near Lake Victoria - has enormous potential.

Businesses in key areas reopen but some are reluctant to return to work over health fears.

How the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is dividing families and communities who live along it.

Some fear the East African nation is downplaying the pandemic as it seeks to protect its economy.

Social media users have adopted the troupe as a dark-humoured symbol of death in the time of Covid-19.

There is no scientific proof the Madagascan-made tonic is effective in treating the virus.

The president of Algeria pays tribute by calling the Berber singer an icon of Algerian art.

African states face real challenges in trying to expand their testing for the coronavirus.

South Africans take to the streets and beachfronts as tough restrictions are slightly eased.

An amendment to the law states anyone who performs FGM faces three years' imprisonment and a fine.

Chibuzo is learning online how to maintain his dreadlocks whilst in lockdown.

A study says the higher risk to some ethnic groups cannot be explained by location or age.

Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who created Afrobeat with Fela Kuti, dies aged 79, his manager says.

Ghana is well known for its elaborate funerals and rowdy election campaigns so coronavirus is changing everything.

Jobless because of coronavirus restrictions, she hoped they would fall asleep waiting for their meal.

There are allegations that some of the thousands of bags of rice given as food handouts have expired.

Sierra Leone's Education Minister David Sengeh combines child care and official duties at home.

He stood trial in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela and was also imprisoned for his activism.

Llewellyn Barnes made his debut in a professional golf debut last month, after decades living homeless in South Africa.