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Desiree Ellis says Banyana Banyana's poor results at the Cyprus Cup do not reflect good performances on the field from an inexperienced line-up.

He accused the 14-year-old boy of stealing a female teacher's handbag before beating him to death.

Ethiopia Airlines is operating an all-women flight crew to Oslo to mark International Women's Day.

The UK is one of the main export destinations for Kenyan cut flowers.

Violent attacks are making treating the worst Ebola outbreak in the history of the DR of Congo even harder.

Meet the seven-year-old Nigerian girl who wants to be become a boxing world champion.

Madagascar's Football Federation extends the contract of national team coach Nicolas Dupuis until the end of this year's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Veteran striker Emmanuel Adebayor is included in the Togo squad for their crucial 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Benin on 22 March.

Outgoing Zambia coach Sven Vandenbroeck says he will reflect positively on his time with the team, despite spending less than a year in the role.

Two white farmers accused a black teenager of stealing sunflowers worth $5 and threw him from a van.

A strike causes major disruption to flights, including at Nairobi's busy international hub.

Champions League-winner John Mikel Obi says helping Middlesbrough to the Premier League would be one of his finest moments in football.

Algeria's president has barely been seen since he had a stroke in 2013, so how can he run a country?

Thousands of university students protest in the capital Algiers demanding the president step down.

South Africans are outraged by a video showing a singer being allegedly assaulted by her celebrity boyfriend.

The mother of Nigeria international Samuel Kalu has been freed six days after being kidnapped by gunmen in south-east Nigeria.

Cardiff City defender Sol Bamba is ruled out for the rest of the season after damaging knee ligaments.

Why are anti-government protesters taking to the streets of Sudan?

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's son was a bank boss in Liberia when more than $100m was illegally printed.

Burns survivor Obumneke-Okeke Kosisochukwu says writing helped him heal after a terrible accident.