Eliud Kipchoge: Kenyan world record holder can go faster ‘in near future’

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Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge believes he can still go faster, despite setting a world record in Berlin last month.

Burkina Faso coup: Who is new leader Ibrahim Traoré?

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Burkina Faso has a new leadership, after members of the army overthrew the government.

John Mikel Obi: Choosing Chelsea over United was ‘best decision of my life’

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Former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi says moving to Stamford Bridge instead of Manchester United was the "best decision of my life".

Aluu 4: Ten years from the lynching that shocked Nigeria

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Little has changed 10 years after the mob killing of four students that shocked Nigeria.

Olympic Games 2036: Bidders Egypt say ‘it is time for Africa’

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Egypt's Olympic authorities, who will bid for the 2036 Games, say it is 'time for Africa' to stage the event for the first time.

Capt Ibrahim Traoré: Burkina Faso’s new military ruler

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Capt Ibrahim Traoré is the latest young officer to seize power in France's former colonies in Africa.

King Charles to host South African president for first state visit

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President Cyril Ramaphosa's state visit next month will be the first of King Charles' reign.

One Kenyan woman’s journey for the father she has never known

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BBC Africa Eye goes on a journey with a woman in Kenya, searching for the father she has never known.

Burkina Faso coup: Ousted military ruler Damiba in Togo

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An Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso has worsened since Lt Col Damiba seized power in January.

London Marathon 2022: Amos Kipruto and Yalemzerf Yehualaw win first titles in elite races

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Kenya's Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw win their maiden London Marathon titles with breakaway victories in the elite men's and women's races.