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New Ghana Football Association president Kurt Okraku says he is getting to work immediately after he was sworn in for a four-year term on Friday.

Wales fall agonisingly short of a first Rugby World Cup final as Handre Pollard's 76th-minute penalty hands the Springboks victory.

For years competing militias, rival governments and foreign players have been battling for control.

Aged 17, Miché Solomon discovered she had two mothers - one real, one false.

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has helped Chinese League One side Qingdao Huanghai earn promotion to the Super League next season.

Owen Ncube is denied entry by the US as thousands march against overseas sanctions.

Sea erosion continues to wreak havoc along West Africa's shoreline, threatening communities.

A lawyer who has met some of the children found at Belfast Harbour says they are "coping well".

Kurt Okraku is the new president of the Ghana Football Association after edging a close election in Accra on Friday that required three rounds of voting.

Ten years ago Nairobi's Karura forest was a no-go zone. Now there are up to 30,000 visitors a month.

Protesters in the government-backed march say the sanctions have ruined the Zimbabwean economy.

Nigeria's sports minister seeks to end a two-year stand-off with the IAAF by refunding money owed to athletics' world governing body.

The Libya Football Federation reappoints Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti as national coach on a six-month contract.

Cameroon international Joel Tagueu says being able to play football again despite being diagnosed with a heart ailment is a "victory".

From Somaliland to picking strawberries and becoming a fintech CEO, Ismail Ahmed tops the Powerlist 2020.

The country is observing a public holiday to protest against sanctions.

Ahlam Khidir vowed to fight for her son after he was killed in an anti-government protest in 2013.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Substitute Nicolas Pepe rescues Arsenal with two sublime free-kicks in their Europa League group game against Vitoria Guimaraes.

A businessman turned actor who spurred hundreds to protest in Egypt speaks to the BBC.