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The US First Lady undertakes her first major foreign trip alone to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt.

Why women in Ethiopia's Oromia region hold a special ceremony for a mother, five days after she gives birth.

Agnes Mutemi says her mentally ill daughter, Nambia, is now making progress in a school which specialises in caring for children with disabilities.

Mali coach Mohammed Magassouba calls up 18-year old Cheick Oumar Doucouré and France-born striker Alimani Gory ahead of the Nations Cup qualifiers against Burundi.

Dozens of people suffer second-degree burns after a tanker collided with a car in the DR Congo.