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As World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has people hanging on his every word.

How a health crisis on the other side of the world spelled disaster for a South African industry.

The US is running talks between Ethiopia and Egypt over the controversial mega dam project.

Nneamaka Anyanwu started an initiative to help underprivileged girls in Nigeria through basketball.

Kenyan pupils are increasingly being asked to be at school by 6:30am despite classes not starting until 8am.

Former African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto'o believes that football has the power to unite people around the continent.

He was pilloried after a false story circulated that he had thrown a tantrum at the US consulate.

Doping in South African schoolboy rugby is casting a shadow over the whole sport. Salmon van Huyssteen's story is just one chapter.

"Gross failures" led to Prince Fosu's death from malnutrition, dehydration and hypothermia, an inquest finds.

Ghassan Salame says he cannot take any more stress trying to broker peace in the country.

Olivier Assoua migrated to Europe at 16 - years later he returned to Cameroon to make a film about migration.

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

None of the hosts of the Confederation Cup quarter-final first legs manage to register victories.

A church and a social club remain as echoes of a once thriving group which played an important role in the country.

Troops will join a mission in Mali to help combat the world's fastest growing Islamist-led insurgency.

The British Army is preparing to send troops into Mali, to join a UN peacekeeping mission.

Egyptian side Misr El-Makkasa remove former Nigeria international Emmanuel Amuneke from post as head coach after less than a month in the role.

Al Ahly beat Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in the African Champions League quarter-final first leg as Wydad Casablanca beat Etoile du Sahel by the same score.

Not everyone is happy that the Oxford English Dictionary now includes several unique Nigerian words.

Liverpool's trip to Watford was supposed to be a landmark day for the Reds but it ended up being one for the wrong reasons, reports Gary Rose.