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Recent events involving Nigeria's President Buhari and his wife hint at tensions in the presidential villa.

Women discuss issues from domestic violence to career advice in the million-strong Facebook group.

A pilot allegedly wrote that he had "unknowingly" lied to regulators during tests of the 737 Max.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni says he would only leave if asked to do so by his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.

Liverpool defender Joel Matip has signed a new long-term deal which will keep him at the club until summer 2024.

Ten years after captaining Ghana to U-20 World Cup success, Andre Ayew calls for better 'organisation' for the Black Stars to progress at senior level.

Egypt bans a pilot for life for allowing actor Mohamed Ramadan to sit in the cockpit during a flight.

Lille's in-form Nigeria international striker Victor Osimhen is named September's French Ligue 1 Player of the Month.

A former law lecturer seems an unlikely choice to win the hearts of young Tunisians voters who want jobs.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

Police discovered more than 70 men and boys in shackles when they raided the private Islamic school.

Bernardine Evaristo explores living as a woman of colour in her novel Girl, Woman, Other.

The body of a man, believed to be Kenyan, was found in a garden in Clapham in June.

Etienne Eto'o, the son of African football legend Samuel Eto'o, will not play at this year's U-17 World Cup in Brazil after he was left out of Cameroon's final squad.

Senegal deny reports of age-cheating as their 21-man squad for the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Brazil later this month is announced.

Ugandan farmer Judith Bakirya is going back to basics by planting trees and restoring the land.

Nigeria international midfielder Sunday Mba is keen to find a route back into football following an inactive two years.

Ben Enwonwu, the painter behind "Africa's Mona Lisa", had a complex relationship with the UK.

Meeting the family of a young Gambian who ran away to seek his fortune in Europe.

Inmates in Kenya say playing the sport teaches them discipline and gives them hope.