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Loveth Young - the only female Nigerian competing in elite MMA - fights crime by day.

Souadou Niang used to clean hotel rooms but she rose through the ranks and now owns her own hotel in Senegal.

Tea pickers allege they have suffered severe health problems due to conditions on farms run by James Finlay Kenya Ltd.

A girl who was kidnapped alongside 278 students speaks to the BBC about her ordeal.

An unknown number remain at large after escaping a breeding farm in Western Cape province.

Temba Bavuma becomes the first black African to permanently captain a South Africa side after being appointed their limited-overs skipper.

Parents of girls released by kidnappers had thrown stones at officials during the reunion ceremony.

RKC Waalwijk's Said Bakari says "it's magical" that the Comoros are on the verge of qualifying for a first ever Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Fishermen on Lake Victoria in Kenya have begun using some of Africa’s first electric fishing boats.

Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.

President Macron acknowledges that an Algerian nationalist was killed by the French army in 1957.

Girmay Gebru is freed without charge after being detained in the conflict-hit Tigray region on Monday.

Out of 11 vulture species found in Africa, 7 are on the verge of extinction.

In the past year, more than 20 rangers have been killed defending Africa's oldest national park.

Scientists discover a high rate of people who suppress the virus without taking medication.

Egyptian giants Zamalek will be handed a transfer ban at the end of March unless the club pays its former player Benjamin Acheampong over $1m.

The Tower Of The Koutoubia Mosque, owned by the actress, is sold to an unidentified buyer.

A group of nearly 300 girls are released after they were abducted from their school last week.

Girmay Gebru and four others were taken from a café in the regional capital Mekelle, witnesses say.

Viewers are asking why most contestants in the reality show are white in the majority-black country.