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08.03.2024 16:51 For the first time, two African documentary feature films are up for an Oscar.

08.03.2024 12:10 As the 13th African Games begin in Ghana, BBC Sport Africa speaks to stars and key figures about the event’s potentially uncertain future.

08.03.2024 12:10 Zambia forward Barbra Banda joins Orlando Pride for £581,000 - the second-most expensive women's transfer in history.

08.03.2024 07:20 A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

07.03.2024 21:30 People in Francis Ngannou's hometown in Cameroon, Batie, are confident their man can beat Anthony Joshua when the two fight in Saudi Arabia.

07.03.2024 16:40 Dozens of gunmen ride through the school seizing children as young as eight, witnesses say.

07.03.2024 16:40 Kelly Smith appears in court on trafficking charges following the disappearance of her six-year-old.

07.03.2024 16:40 Fredrick Omungu opened his business in the morning to discover the animal hiding under the counter.

07.03.2024 11:30 Niger's army chief says it will be operational as soon as possible, without giving details of its size.

07.03.2024 11:30 As Anthony Joshua prepares to face Cameroon's Francis Ngannou, the Nigerian town of Sagamu will be rooting for the man it sees as its own.

07.03.2024 11:30 The country is demanding that the US lifts the new measures against President Mnangagwa and others.

07.03.2024 02:02 A bill that will impose jail terms for simply identifying as LGBTQ+ is terrifying the gay community.

07.03.2024 02:02 There have been widespread protests since the president postponed the election last month.

06.03.2024 20:30 Officials objected to a performance which featured sexually explicit language and gestures.

06.03.2024 20:30 Mariam Ibrahim, one of the few female borehole engineers in north-east Nigeria, has built over 200 boreholes.