The lawyer risking everything to defend LGBT rights

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Cameroonian Alice Nkom thinks accusations she is funding terrorism are a ploy to stop her advocacy.

How a freak space junk crash baffled residents and sparked concern

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The Kenyan villagers surprised by falling satellite debris heralding a new year full of surprises.

The Maths Queen with a quantum mission to mentor girls

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Dr Angela Tabiri wants more African girls and women from less privileged backgrounds to study maths.

What will ‘ambitious’ Chelle bring to Nigeria job?

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Eric Chelle will be the first non-Nigerian African to take charge of the Super Eagles, but what will the Malian bring to the role?

The Premier League star who became a golf pro

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Former Premier League and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie is now a golf professional with ambitions to boost the sport in his homeland.

‘I had never seen anyone die before’ – Adebayor on Togo bus attack

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Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor says the gun attack on the Togo team 15 years ago has made "a huge difference" in his life.

‘She’s my life’: A mother’s mission to help Nigerians with cerebral palsy

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Cerebral palsy is believed to be one of the most common neurological disorders in Nigeria.

Can Ghana’s new president meet the voters’ high expectations?

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John Mahama was elected on his pledges to solve the economic crisis but won't find it easy, analysts say.

Africa’s capoeira kids

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Capoeira, a sport mixing martial art and dance, is one of Brazil’s biggest cultural exports. Now a new generation of African children are rediscovering its appeal and African roots.

The remarkable life of Andrée Blouin – Africa’s overlooked independence heroine

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Blouin ran in the same circles as liberation icons like Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré.