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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara confounds critics by announcing he will step down.

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has made a donation of 45,000 euros to the national committee fighting against coronavirus in his home country of Senegal.

The first batch of 74,000 animals, to be shipped over 10 years, has reportedly arrived in Luanda.

Twenty years ago, they were locked inside a church that was set on fire in south-west Uganda.

Young South Africans react to strict new measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The East African state is in partial lockdown following the detection of three cases since Friday.

South Africa puts football and cricket activities on hold as it seeks to minimise the impact of coronavirus.

Borders are shut, schools are closed and mass gatherings banned as 26 states battle the virus.

Ghanaian football postponed indefinitely at all levels of the game after government announcment.

The government has been slow to resolve the issue linked to the country's ethnic tensions.

They don jewelled masks on the red carpet and add #CoronaVirusFashion to social media posts.

She is accused of kidnapping her five-year-old daughter after she lost her custody battle.

A routine question about menstruation led Julian Peter to discover she had no vagina, womb or cervix.

Édith Blais and Luca Tacchetto, seized in 2018, apparently escaped and were picked up by UN forces.

Morocco's football federation announces the suspension of all football activity until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two-time Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya says she is "supernatural" as she confidently targets the 200m at Tokyo 2020.

How countries across the continent are preparing as the deadly virus spreads around the world.

The Confederation of African Football postpones this month's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers because of the coronavirus.

Twitter has also taken action on accounts which it says were aimed at "sowing discord".

Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, recently freed from jail on parole, stormed the palace to confront his son.