Umaru Bangura set to continue Sierra Leone career

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Umaru Bangura is named in the latest Sierra Leone squad as he decides to continue his international career.

Umaru Bangura set to continue Sierra Leone career

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Umaru Bangura is named in the latest Sierra Leone squad as he decides to continue his international career.

Egypt-Ethiopia row: The trouble over a giant Nile dam

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At the heart of the dispute is which country has control over Africa's longest river.

Wheelchair sprinter Nkegbe: ‘I’m carrying the hopes of 5m disabled Ghanaians’

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Paralympian Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe says wheelchair racing means more to him than just being an athlete.

Nigeria’s Lagos governor says ‘don’t call me Your Excellency’

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The head of Nigeria's richest state says titles spread "demi-god mystique" and enable "oppression".

Bosco Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years for crimes in DR Congo

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Bosco Ntaganda is the first person convicted of sexual slavery by the International Criminal Court.

The ‘Bloodhound’ supercar aiming to break the land speed record

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The BBC met the driver of Bloodhound - part racing car and part spaceship - during testing in South Africa.

‘I was kidnapped and now only travel by train’

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To avoid Nigeria's notorious kidnapping gangs thousands of commuters pack on to trains in the capital.

Quadruple amputee Alex Lewis climbs Ethiopian mountain

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Alex, who lost all four of his limbs six years ago, climbed Ras Dashen using a specially-adapted buggy.

Burkina Faso: Gunmen kill 37 in ambush on mining firm convoy

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Five buses are ambushed by gunmen in the West African country, where jihadist violence is rife.