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18.01.2024 17:10 The defence minister hits out at those paying ransoms to kidnappers after the abduction of six sisters.

18.01.2024 17:10 Elton Jantjies, who won the 2019 World Cup with South Africa, is given a four-year ban from the sport having tested positive for Clenbuterol.

18.01.2024 17:10 Fans in Lagos are cautiously optimistic ahead of the Super Eagles' clash with the host nation.

18.01.2024 17:10 Fourteen hours and over 880km from Ghana to Ivory Coast. Would you do that to support your team?

18.01.2024 12:00 Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator Lesley Lokko receives the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture.

18.01.2024 12:00 Nigeria's history-making curling team needed private funding to secure their trip to the Winter Youth Olympics.

18.01.2024 02:22 Zambia and DR Congo draw 1-1 in Group F as the opening round of games at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations come to a close.

18.01.2024 02:22 A blast in a Nigerian city has killed two people and injured 77 others.

17.01.2024 20:51 Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason after being linked to a failed coup last November.

17.01.2024 20:51 The shocking killing of student Rita Waeni, 20, has ignited an anti-femicide campaign in Kenya.

17.01.2024 20:51 Pre-tournament favourites Morocco open their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a convincing 3-0 win over 10-man Tanzania.

17.01.2024 16:21 Psychiatrists will assess whether the man accused of 400 deaths is fit to stand trial.

17.01.2024 16:21 The plane was carrying Ethiopian officials to the self-declared republic of Somaliland.

17.01.2024 16:21 Paul Kagame tells the BBC he could return money if no asylum seekers are sent to his country by the UK.

17.01.2024 11:40 Early investigations suggest the blast may have been caused by explosives stored by illegal miners.