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Zimbabwean entrepreneur Tendai Moyo highlights the importance of texture representation in the hair industry.

Ahead of the new season, BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall says he wants to see the continent create its own star names.

Videos falsely targeting African migrants in Tunisia have gone viral on TikTok and other platforms.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

People (Check On Me) is poised to enter the UK Top 10 this week - a first for a Cameroonian artist.

At least six people have been confirmed dead after a passenger bus collided with a commuter train in Lagos.

A bill is tabled in parliament to criminalise anyone identifying as LGBTQ+, and to imprison them.

Ike Ekweremadu allegedly thought it was "far better to buy" a kidney than ask a relative to donate.

Meet Mauritania's 'Meharists', a camel-riding police unit combating jihadist groups in the Sahel.

With crucial local elections due, the enthusiasm of "Obidients" remaining on target is questioned.

The story of how the 1969 visit of Pele and his club Santos saw the African nation turn to Brazil for footballing inspiration.

Laura Wolvaardt, the leading run-scorer at the Women's T20 World Cup, urges administrators to make the most of the Proteas' run to the final.

Kenyan gynaecologist, Dr Jemimah Kariuki, says her path to becoming a doctor hasn’t been easy.

Pictures taken from above the continent show how the landscape is transformed by human activity.

Cyclone Freddy first struck south-east Africa last month, killing 21 people and displacing thousands.

Athlete Mary Ngugi hopes to protect young female runners from unwanted male attention after starting the country’s first girls-only running camp.

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba calls for better medical checks after the death of a player during an Ivorian top-flight game.

A Nigerian politician accused of attempting to exploit a man for his kidney says he thought he was being scammed.

South Africa's president has given a trusted aide the responsibility of ending the power crisis.

Anthony Muigai has been a farmer in Kenya for the last five years, but he doesn't just rely on his chickens for eggs.