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Striker Victor Osimhen contracts coronavirus for a second time, just 12 days before Nigeria's first match at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Guinea-Bissau boss Baciro Cande names a 24-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, with half of his selection based in Portugal.

Professor Tulio de Oliveira who helped first detect Omicron says Africa plays a big role in fighting Covid.

Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cape Verde are in Group A at the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Cameroon on 9 January.

The Africa Cup of Nations is being "disrespected" by some negative media coverage, says former England striker Ian Wright.

The coffin of the archbishop will remain at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town for two days.

A look back at some of the prominent figures on the African continent who we said farewell to this year.

Politicians and leaders of different faiths gathered in Cape Town to remember the anti-apartheid leader.

Tributes are paid to Anne Chidzira Muluzi, the first woman to hold the title there, who died aged 69.

Aston Villa's Trezeguet returns to the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations with Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Elneny also named.

How a joke and a LinkedIn profile helped Dublin-born Roberto Lopes get a call-up for Africa Cup of Nations-bound Cape Verde.

The French carmaker features a pop star taking a photo of a woman apparently without her consent.

Prize-winning Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija called the president's son "obese" on Twitter.

How the tiny island nation of Comoros made it to their first ever Afcon finals.

A Zimbabwe squad of 23 players is named for the Africa Cup of Nations despite the threat of a Fifa ban.

The beaches of the Indian Ocean island seem bereft of the beautiful shells popular with tourists.

Nontombi Naomi Tutu says her father "went to meet his God, ready and willing."

Equatorial Guinea have upset the odds to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, according to former international Juvenal Edjogo.

Environmentalists hail the ruling as a victory in their efforts to protect marine life.

CT scans allowed archaeologists to study Amenhotep I's body and learn about his death and burial.