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Simone Gbagbo was serving a 20-year sentence for her role in the violence after the 2010 elections.

Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, the oldest player to feature at a World Cup, retires from international football.

A little-known style of football starring African players finds an unlikely following in India.

Football tournaments in northern Kenya are helping girls break away from child marriage and early pregnancy.

Football tournaments in Northern Kenya are helping hundreds of girls break from child marriage, early pregnancy and female genital mutilation.

Photographer Tommy Trenchard captures small details that reflect the lives of refugees who have fled South Sudan.

Brian Hungwe looks at Zimbabwe's election fallout for the opposition as it disputes the presidential poll results.

A van packed with farm labourers collided head-on with a lorry in southern Italy.

Tanzania appoint former Nigeria winger Emmanuel Amuneke as the new head coach of the national team on a two-year contract.

Nigeria and Ghana suffer defeats in their opening group games at the Fifa Under-20 Women's World Cup in France.

Five ways a BBC investigation sparked reform in Nigeria's pharmaceutical industry against legal highs.

Leicester City sign Algeria winger Rachid Ghezzal from Monaco for a reported £10m.

The power-sharing agreement aims at ending a civil war, but previous efforts have failed.

Former England under-21 international Saido Berahino is cleared by Fifa to play for Burundi, the country of his birth.

Senegal striker Demba Ba is the victim of alleged racial abuse in a Chinese Super League game, according to his Shanghai Shenhua manager Wu Jingui.

Long-time South African residents of the historic Cape Town suburb of Bo-Kaap fight changes brought by wealthy incomers.

Musician KAMAU talks about African inspired music and black identity

Following elections in Zimbabwe, the BBC has spoken to a woman who says she was beaten by soldiers in Harare.

Protesters have set fire to a church and looted shops after federal troops took over.

Gambia international Mustapha Carayol joins Cypriot side Apollon Limassol on a two-year deal, after a decade in English football.