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Nutritionist Sophy Saronge knew she should breastfeed her baby for six months but says she had to work.

Sadio Mane scores deep into stoppage time as the African champions maintain their perfect start in 2023 Nations Cup qualifying.

Mauritius hopes hosting the African Athletics Championships for the third time will shine a light on the country's ability to successfully organize major sports events.

Logos Hope is sailing around the world and has previously docked at the Tema seaport in Accra, Ghana.

Mauritius prepares to welcome Africa's top athletes for this week's continental championships.

A surge in ethnic pride among Ethiopia’s Oromo community is leading some to ditch their names.

The pair are accused in South Africa of large-scale corruption and exerting unfair political influence.

Gunmen have killed an unknown number of church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria.

President Muhammadu Buhari is not allowed to stand next February after serving two terms of office.

"I don't think the shock of what I saw will leave me for the rest of my life," one man tells the BBC.

Many black South Africans associate the Afrikaans language with white-minority rule.

Some 90% of people in the Central African Republic lack access to the internet, needed to use Bitcoin.

Egypt score late to beat visitors Guinea as Ghana and Tunisia are both held away from home in qualifying for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

The armed men entered the church in south-west Nigeria during a service killing several people.

While Raila Odinga comes from a famous Kenyan family, the political crown has always eluded him.

Nigeria is the biggest former British colony in Africa but not many people are celebrating the jubilee.

Sadio Mane is unaffected by speculation over his future as he hits a hat-trick in a Nations Cup qualifier to become Senegal's record goalscorer.

Nigerian police say a mob burnt a vigilante to death after he argued with a Muslim cleric in Abuja.

Kenya's William Ruto portrays himself as a champion of the poor in his campaign for the presidency.

Some of the world's best beans come from an island in DR Congo, where ex-fighters get a second chance.