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Morocco striker Ayoub El Kaabi signs for Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super Leagure from Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane.

German club Borussia Dortmund complete the two-year loan signing of Morocco's Achraf Hakimi from Spanish side Real Madrid.

Amasa Firdaus had been told she was not allowed to wear her headscarf under her wig.

A Ugandan mother says a children's home tricked her into giving her son up for a zero-contact adoption.

Nigeria's World Cup defender Bryan Idowu says he is excited to join Russian premiership side Lokomotiv Moscow.

South African Ambassador Archibald Gardner Dunn was kidnapped by Salvadorean rebels in 1979.

Instead of regaining its footing once sanctions were lifted, inflation is soaring in Sudan and people are struggling to get by.

The Ghanaian warrior queen who went to war to protect the Golden Stool of the Ashanti Kingdom.

Manchester City break their club record to sign Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez from Leicester City for £60m.

A UN human rights report details horrific abuses by government soldiers in South Sudan's civil war.

At least 19 people are hurt after a plane crashes in a grassy area outside South Africa's Pretoria.

Mali midfielder Lassana Coulibaly becomes Steven Gerrard's eighth signing on a season-long loan from French club Angers.

In an escalation of its migrant policy, Italy has blocked a private Italian vessel from its ports.

Jeremiah Ogbodo, also known as Swanky Jerry, is a designer, stylist and influencer.

The main opposition parties hope to field a single candidate to defeat President Buhari in 2019.

The 1.1 billion-year-old bright pink pigments were extracted from rocks beneath the Sahara Desert.

Ethiopia and Eritrea were bitter enemies for half a century but have embraced peace in just a few days.

Why some Africans think choosing a manager from home could bring World Cup success.

Ethiopian and Eritrean heads of state agree to end a conflict that began in 1998.

Duduzane Zuma is alleged to have pushed the interests of the controversial Gupta family.