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The two-year initiative comes after a five-year-old schoolgirl drowned in a pit latrine in March.

Fifa says a high court case in Ghana to liquidate the football association must be withdrawn by 27 August or the nation will be banned from football.

Confederation of African Football vice-president Amaju Pinnick is impressed with Cameroon's preparations to host next year's Africa Cup of Nations.

A large trial in Burkina Faso suggests listening to the radio could improve child health.

Large-scale expansion of palm oil in Africa will very likely risk the lives of primates, a study finds.