Angolans choose new leader to replace Jose Eduardo dos Santos

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Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the world's second-longest serving president, is stepping down.

Ola Aina: England youth international earns Nigeria call-up

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Former England youth international Ola Aina is named in Nigeria's squad for September's back-to-back 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon.

The man who wants to sell rhino horns

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Rhino breeder John Hume says open trade is the only way to raise funds for the species and stop poaching.

Population boom

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Alastair Leithead assesses the consequences for a country where women have an average 7.6 children each.

How Niger is trying to slow the world’s highest birth rate

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Women in Niger have an average of more than seven children each - the highest birth rate in the world.

‘I made a hole in the roof’

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Five survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide give harrowing accounts of their loss and how they escaped death.

Saving Grace

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Diplomacy has triumphed over justice in the assault case against Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe in South Africa, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram conflict: Huge rise in child ‘human bombs’

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There have been 83 cases so far this year - four times as many as all of last year, the UN says.

Nigerian president to ‘work from home’ after rat infestation

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Muhammadu Buhari has just returned from extended medical leave, but now has an office infestation.

DR Congo’s Jires Kembo-Ekoko moves to Turkey’s Buraspor

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Former France youth international and now DR Congo target Jires Kembo Ekoko signs a deal with Turkish club.