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Newly-promoted French club Reims sign veteran Togo international midfielder Alaixys Romao on a two-year deal.

England's Harry Kane features on a 10-man shortlist for the Best Fifa Men's Player award for 2018

The poll is expected to be a close contest between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa.

Previously unseen footage shows Salisu Yusuf, chief coach of the Super Eagles, accepting money.

The Western Mediterranean route to Spain is now the most popular with migrants trying to reach Europe.

How an accidental fashion accessory is helping Zimbabwe's new president rebrand the country.

The innovators' school Twende in Tanzania is helping people invent solutions to local problems

Bernard Kiwia is the brains behind innovator school Twende, one that's helping his community to invent solutions to local problems.

Residents got two weeks notice before the bulldozers moved in to flatten their homes for a new road.

Diamond firm De Beers is relocating them from its reserve to Mozambique, where poachers are active.

Porto sign defender Chancel Mbemba from Premier League side Newcastle for a reported £7.14m fee.

Mohamed Salah tells Liverpool team-mate Loris Karius to "ignore those who hate" after more criticism following his latest pre-season match.

Striker Simon Murray joins South African top-flight side Bidvest Wits from Hibernian.

Zamalek's Maarouf Yussuf is to begin the process of becoming an Egyptian citizen having already been in squads for both Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

Ethiopia and Eritrea agree to play their first football match in 20 years as relations between the two nations continue to improve.

A married couple are presenting the news on Kenya's leading TV station for the first time.

Al-Shabab says it has killed 27 soldiers, but there is no independent confirmation of casualties.

Zimbabwe defender Hardlife Zvirekwi says his strength of faith has helped his return to professional football, following the amputation of his left hand.

Elizabeth Ohene explores whether it has inspired a generation of scientists and mathematicians.

A drug that can stop people getting recurrent bouts of malaria has been approved by regulators in the United States.