Taiwo Ogunjobi: Former Nigeria defender and official dies

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Former international defender and Nigeria Football Federation official Taiwo Ogunjobi dies suddenly after short illness.

The Kenyan ‘rumour app’ that reduces tensions amongst communities

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In Kenya's Tana River area, communities use an app and a radio station to quash rumours.

Nigeria election 2019: Mapping a nation in nine charts

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The BBC maps the challenges facing Nigeria as it approaches a presidential election 20 since the return of democracy.

Egypt’s Ismaily reinistated to Champions League after successful appeal

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Egyptian club Ismaily SC are reinstated to this year's African Champions League by Caf after a successful appeal against their expulsion.

Youssef En-Nesyri: Moroccan revels in La Liga ‘hat-trick’ record

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Morocco striker Youssef En-Nesyri becomes the first Leganes player to hit a La Liga hat-trick as his three goals earn his side a 3-0 win over Real Betis.

Bouteflika seeks fifth term as Algeria’s president

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke in 2013, is seeking to be re-elected in April.

Nigeria election: Election office burnt down six days before polls

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An electoral commission office in Plateau state is destroyed six days before the general election.

Nigeria election: Election office burnt down six days before polls

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An electoral commission office in Plateau state is destroyed six days before the general election.

Haile Selassie: Why the African Union puts up a statue

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The African Union unveils a statue of Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia.

Does Nigeria’s ‘generation democracy’ want to vote?

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The presidential election is the first with a group of voters who did not grow up under military rule.