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Babalwa says being intersex gives her special powers, like not getting her period.

An intense tropical cyclone system is expected to bring hurricane-strength winds and heavy rain.

Algeria midfielder Nabil Bentaleb is dropped from German club Schalke's first-team squad for a second time this season, until further notice.

Malawi mums and their newborns on their first day of life.

Cyclone Kenneth brings a large storm surge and torrential rainfall for Mozambique

Morocco return to the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after a successful appeal over the eligibility of DR Congo defender Arsene Zola.

Initial testing of the vaccine, developed over 30 years, has shown a prevention rate of nearly 40%.

Two defrocked Coptic Christian monks carried out the murder in an Egyptian monastery in 2018.

It is seen as a small victory for the protest movement who want a new civilian government.

Forests in tropical regions are disappearing at the rate of 30 football fields a minute, say researchers.

Lazarus is using his music to combat the murder and mutilation of albino people in East Africa.

After apartheid ended all South Africans regardless of race were finally able to vote for the first time in 1994. Organising the elections was a huge logistical challenge.

A row breaks out about whether Nigeria can afford doctors to go

Omar al-Bashir’s regime tried to smear protesters with fake confession videos. It didn’t work.

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie accuse each other over a version of events regarding an alleged theft at a hotel.

Thamsanqa Dlamini lost eight family members when a mudslide hit his home in Durban, South Africa.

Officials fear the death toll in the port city of Durban may rise further after heavy rains.

Guinea qualify for the final of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania after edging Nigeria 10-9 on penalties.

Former Sierra Leone captain Ibrahim Kargbo and two other former African internationals are banned from football for life by Fifa.

The tropical storm could affect Tanzania and Mozambique, still feeling the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.