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Najib Balala told critics to "go to hell" after they blamed him for the deaths of 10 rhinos.

Both sides suggest they are confident of a win but observers say the race is too close to call.

Players fed up with being excluded from existing teams started their own league.

Journalist Mannir Dan Ali considers the Nigerian president's chances of re-election after the loss of key allies.

As a child, herder Richard Turere invented a device to stop lions killing cattle but who benefited?

Defender Sol Bamba says a promise kept by Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has ended his long wait to play in the Premier League.

New excavations are uncovering the bones of some men killed in the ethnic massacres perpetrated by the Fifth Brigade.

Cameroon confirm discussions with former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, to take over as coach of the Indomitable Lions.

Zimbabwe's ex-first lady was accused of assaulting a model in South Africa in 2017.

Nairobi's governor revoked Chandarana Foodplus' licence over its campaign to target white people.

Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez could be fit for Sunday's Community Shield with Chelsea despite suffering an ankle injury.

Caf president Ahmad says African football is making strides in its 'fight' against corruption - issues which he says affect the whole world, not just the continent.

He is the lower-league striker everyone seems to know - but who is the man behind 'The Beast'? BBC Sport sits down with Adebayo Akinfenwa.

Kenya's Gor Mahia beat rivals Young Africans of Tanzania in the latest round of group matches in the African Confederation Cup.

Grace is one of the few remaining loom weavers in Kenya.

Long-time leader Robert Mugabe is not on the ballot, for the first time since independence.

Patients are found to be routinely abused at a "healing" centre in a Somali area of Kenya’s capital.

Carl Ikeme is set to be offered a role on Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr's back-room staff after announcing his retirement at the age of 32.

Simegnew Bekele, the project manager of Ethiopia's controversial new dam, had been shot dead.

Angola win the Cosafa Under-17 championship to qualify for next year's Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania.