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The blaze broke out at a boarding school near the capital Monrovia, killing at least 27 people.

Italian football authorities and their disciplinary systems to combat racism are "not fit for purpose", says the chief of anti-discriminatory body Fare.

We hear rare testimony from one woman forced to flee the conflict in Cameron's Anglophone regions.

Two political outsiders top the first round of voting and will go head-to-head in a run-off vote.

Properties belonging to several top Nigerian football officials including the federation president Amaju Pinnick are seized in latest corruption probe.