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Liberia President George Weah, 51, is the oldest player on record to play in a Fifa-recognised international game.

Moving tributes are paid to the first black African UN leader at his funeral in Ghana.

Zambia coach Sven Vandenbroeck is starting from 'year zero' as he aims to lead the 2012 winners to next year's Africa Cup of Nations.

The Malian man who rescued a boy from a balcony in spectacular fashion receives French nationality.

Scientists are a step closer to explaining a 10,000-year-old crime mystery on the island of Madagascar.

Photographer Tommy Trenchard captures South Africa's wild flower phenomenon.

South African triathlete Mhlengi Gwala is targeting an Ironman as he continues his recovery from a horrific chainsaw attack in March.

BBC Africa looks back at the career of the first black African to become UN secretary-general.

Ara Thunder is one of a few women in Nigeria who play the traditional "talking drum" instrument.

Etched with an "ochre crayon", the 73,000 year old drawing looks a little like a modern-day hashtag.

A British couple who died at Egyptian hotel were killed by E. coli, the country's authorities say.

The new law criminalises sexual harassment and imposes tougher penalties on perpetrators.

Gabon's sports minister Alain Claude Billie By-Nze says Spanish coach Jose Antonio Camacho's contract will not be renewed at the end of November.

Cameroon's Pierre Webo returns to sign for Nacional in Uruguay 18 years after he first signed for the South American club.

The France-based former lead singer of band Carte de Séjour died of a heart attack, his family say.

EU wants to focus on trade and on partnerships with Africa - not conflicts and charity.

Sunderland give notice to terminate Papy Djilobodji's contract, saying the £8m defender returned to the club late and unfit.

Algerian club USMA seem unrepentant over chants about Saddam Hussein that led to the Iraqi Air Force side to walk off the pitch and forfeit the match.

The European Commission chief will deliver his annual speech, with Brexit and populism also prominent.

Flights are diverted from the Libyan capital's sole working airport, which had only just reopened.