African Champions League: North African battle in semi-finals

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Four north African clubs, including three former winners, are in action this weekend in the semi-finals of the African Champions League.

Murder of Steve Biko

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The funeral of South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko was held in September 1977.

Parliamentary punch-ups in Uganda… and elsewhere

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Ugandan MPs have been brawling in parliament - but they're not the only ones.

Nigerian toddler run over by Boko Haram walks again

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Ali Ahmadu had spinal cord surgery in Dubai, three years after being attacked in north-east Nigeria.

Cameroon ‘has forcibly returned 100,000 Nigerian refugees’

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Cameroonian soldiers are "punishing" Nigerian refugees for Boko Haram attacks, a rights group says.

Dutch tourists attacked in South Africa return home

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The elderly tourists were robbed shortly after arriving in Johannesburg by men posing as police.

Meet the Ivorian man who learned ballet using online videos

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Yos Clark taught himself ballet online and has been awarded a scholarship to study dance in England.

2018 World Cup: Ghana axe Ayew brothers for Uganda tie

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Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah drops both Andre and Jordan Ayew from his squad to play Uganda in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in October.

2018 World Cup: Ghana axe Ayew brothers for Uganda tie

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Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah drops both Andre and Jordan Ayew from his squad to play Uganda in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in October.

‘Painful truth’

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Six out of 10 young people in the world are failing to reach basic levels of proficiency in learning, warns the United Nations.