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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.

A selection of the best photos from across the continent and beyond this week.

Arguably one of his best goals ever? Worthy of a larger audience? But would Odion Ighalo have even tried his sensational strike in a packed stadium?

The scheme aims to ease the burden on Greece, where migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded.

Odion Ighalo grew up in Nigeria as an avid Manchester United fan. Now he is living his "dream" by playing for them.

Athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie on the impact on competitors of sports events being cancelled.

Guinea-Bissau, which has a long history of coups, briefly had two presidents following disputed elections.