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More than 800 students have been abducted from their schools in northern Nigeria since December. In most cases they have

Heath Streak played 65 Tests and 189 one-day internationals for Zimbabwe Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned from

Ahmed Musa captained Nigeria to third place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt National captain Ahmed Musa

The fire in Niamey engulfed straw classrooms and those in the nursery could not escape. BBC News Amazon Auto Links:

South African singer/songwriter Busiswa Gqulu aims to overcome gender barriers in the music industry and empower women with her songs

The 2014 student abductions led to a plan backed by the UK but little has come of it seven years

Sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala says he will consider applying to race as an independent athlete at the Tokyo Olympics if Athletics

Chebba fans have demonstrated in Tunis in protest at their team’s one-year suspension Tunisia’s Football Federation (FTF) and its president

The Bafta-winning Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher focuses on a film-maker who befriends an octopus. But the unsung star of

DR Congo’s Ben Malango scored as Raja Casablanca qualified for the quarter-finals of the Confederation Cup Raja Casablanca of Morocco

Turnout is unclear in the vote boycotted by opposition candidates over brutality against protesters. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No

Several opposition leaders are barred from Sunday’s poll in a country once seen as a model for Africa. BBC News

Amir Sayoud opened the scoring for Algerian club CR Belouizdad as they beat South African hosts Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0. Algerian

Ghana is the world’s second largest cocoa producer but sees little of the profits from chocolate – for now. BBC

The permanent closure of a top venue symbolises the struggle many performers are facing. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No

The city near Luxor has been hailed as one of the most important finds since Tutankhamun’s tomb. BBC News Amazon

Scientists reveal how male gorillas tell others how big and strong they are by chest beating. BBC News Amazon Auto

The mixed messaging over the AstraZenca coronavirus jab is affecting vaccine confidence in low and middle income countries, the co-chair

On 10 April 2018 a 15-year-old Ghanaian watched in awe as Italian side AS Roma staged an incredible comeback against

Leicester City and Nigeria duo Wilfred Ndidi (left) and Kelechi Iheanacho Wilfred Ndidi says Leicester City and Nigeria team-mate Kelechi