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Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, has died age 95.

A look at the political career of Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe.

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

A couple returned home from Calais to find two feet sticking out of the compartment.

Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia files an appeal with Fifa and the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a life ban from football.

South Africa says its diplomatic staff in Nigeria have received threats of reprisal attacks.

Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu says he will be mentally stronger after he recovers from a blood clot on his lungs.

Djibouti earn shock victory as Namibia, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau all win away from home in 2022 World Cup qualifying.

Luc Van Damme was two when taken from his Rwandan mother under a colonial ban on mixed families.

Mainly foreign-owned shops and businesses have been hit by riots and looting in South Africa.

They gather outside a World Economic Forum event in Cape Town to condemn sexual abuse.

The Cameroon Football Federation want to run the country's league for the next two years but Professional Football League insist they are in charge.

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the EFCC, reveals it is conducting another investigation into the country's football federation.

The German Football Federation says that three clubs have withdrawn their objections over the eligibility of Hamburg's Gambian player Bakery Jatta.

Nigerians Burna Boy and Tiwa Savage are outraged by violence targeting foreigners in South Africa.

The Nigerian Nobel Laureate calls on the Commonwealth to investigate the UK over parliament shutdown.

South Africa women's coach Desiree Ellis bemoans the poor finishing that saw her side knocked out of Olympic qualifying.

Nene Nwayo says she's been asked for sex and to bleach her skin to get roles in Nigerian films.

Pope Francis begins a three-nation visit to Africa later on Wednesday, his fourth to the continent as pontiff.

Ivraj Singh lost his wife and four other family members in the flood at Hell's Gate National Park.