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Tanzania's Simba are determined to grow as a club off the pitch in order to ensure more success on it.

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria is challenging the ban, arguing that it is a peaceful movement which has borne the brunt of state-orchestrated violence.

Christina Sass of software engineer recruitment firm Andela says that talent can be found anywhere.

Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez missed the Community Shield because of concerns over medicine he was given by Algeria medical team.

It will pave the way for a new period of transitional government in the turmoil-hit country.

Two pilots behind a project to get teenagers flying a plane across Africa die in the Tanzania crash.

This Nairobi orphanage cares for elephants whose parents have often been killed by poachers.

The outbreak shows no signs of abating, so why is the roll-out of a second vaccine proving contentious?

It will pave the way for a new period of transitional government in the turmoil-hit country.

A donated cup could last a girl 10 years - so why is Ebby Weyime facing resistance?

Abdirahman Omar Osman was murdered after returning to Somalia to help rebuild his home nation.

BBC Africa spoke to a Red Cross worker at a screening point in Uganda.

Charlie and Titi want to ask their mothers why they were “shipped back” to Nigeria as children.

The country's Ebola response co-ordinator warns the deadly outbreak could last up to three years.

Everton sign Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin for £25m on a five-year contract.

Rights campaigners say Stella Nyanzi's 18-month sentence for criticising Uganda's president is "outrageous".

There is no excuse for comments made by the late former US president in 1971, his daughter writes.

Stuart Baxter steps down as South Africa coach less than a month after leading Bafana Bafana to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

One of the centres was bombed last month and is close to where Libya's rival governments are fighting.

Chinyere joined her husband Ikemefuna's family after his death as part of an Igbo custom in Nigeria.