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Former Switzerland midfielder Gelson Fernandes will join Fifa as director of member associations of Africa on 1 August.

Guitarist Moss Hills helped evacuate a sinking cruise liner after some of the crew jumped ship

Businesses and livelihoods are destroyed in a huge blaze in Somaliland's capital.

Burkina Faso captain Bertrand Traore says it is "a privilege" to be managed by Premier League legend Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa.

Mubarak Bala pleads guilty to 18 charges related to blaspheming Islam, a faith he renounced.

About 300 people were killed during an operation against militant Islamists, a rights group says.

The trial is a momentous day for victims of the conflict in Sudan, a human rights lawyer says.

Most waiters at one Kenyan café are deaf, so customers use sign language, mimes or gestures.

Increasingly sophisticated tech tells us more than ever about our food's journey from farm to fork.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo says the region will continue to oppose military takeovers.

"My decision to change coaches saved my life and my family," a survivor tells the BBC.

It will take another decade for an African team to be crowned World Cup winners, according to Morocco coach Vahid Halilhodzic.

Across Africa, extreme Christianity is threatening the faith of many.

Sufiyan Barhoumi spent nearly two decades at the US military prison, accused of a bomb plot.

A resident of conflict-hit Tigray gives a rare insight into life there after 17 months of war.

British-Zimbabwean student Korrine Sky documented her escape from Ukraine on her mobile phone.

Hundreds of businesses are destroyed in the main market of Hargeisa in an overnight blaze.

Liberian Emmanuel Tuloe decided not to keep the bundle of cash he found at the side of the road.

Ghana will be out for 'revenge' when they face Uruguay at the 2022 World Cup, in a repeat of the 2010 quarter-final.

Didier Drogba believes he can improve the state of the game in Ivory Coast if he becomes the new boss of the country's football federation.