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When Nigeria Air launches in December it will try and succeed in a region of African carriers straddled with heavy losses.

A Sudanese photojournalist says she faces mockery and verbal harassment for working in the country as a woman.

Russian club Torpedo Moscow cancel plans to sign defender Erving Botaka-Yoboma - but deny they have done so because he is black.

One of four police dogs at Dar es Salaam port, Hobby's skills also include sniffing out guns and drugs.

Kenyan tour operators allege Tanzanian actions are affecting its tourism industry.

Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - and fraudsters are trying to hack them.

One of Africa's most experienced referee Senegal's Malang Diedhiou retires after taking charge of three matches at the 2018 World Cup.

Brighton sign South Africa striker Percy Tau on a four-year deal - and will loan him out for the upcoming season.

Olympic steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet is among more than 100 athletes and coaches facing disciplinary action for alleged doping offences.

Former Yemen coach Abraham Mebratu takes over in charge of the Ethiopian national the county's football federation announces.

Asylum seeker Mustafa Dawood fell to his death from a roof, now his family want answers.

Conservationists are crying foul over a high-speed railway being built through Nairobi National Park.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

The response to the global HIV pandemic is risking a resurgence of the disease, experts warn.

Archaeologists unseal a huge black granite sarcophagus found in the ancient city of Alexandria.

A French diplomat accuses Daily Show comedian Trevor Noah of denying the players' "Frenchness".

He had not seen them for 16 years because of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Nigeria and Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles' young squad must learn from its unsuccessful 2018 World Cup campaign.

The network of balloons travels by predicting the speed and direction of winds in the stratosphere.

Kenya's Gor Mahia score a big win over their regional rivals in the Confederation Cup as Enyimba go to the top of their pool and Hilal are held at home.