2026 World Cup: Fifa boss Gianni Infantino says bid process is ‘fair, objective and transparent’

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Fifa boss Gianni Infantino challenges "anyone" to find a fairer or more transparent bid process than the one for the 2026 World Cup.

José Filomeno dos Santos named suspect in $500m fraud case

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José Filomeno dos Santos is barred from leaving the country, Angola's deputy attorney general says.

Fixing fears over Iran-Sierra Leone game

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A friendly involving World Cup-bound Iran, who beat Sierra Leone 4-0, could be the subject of a match fixing inquiry.

Egypt election: Voters to elect president

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The incumbent, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, is facing a sole challenger

Liberia – the country where citizenship depends on your skin colour

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Liberia does not allow people who are not black to be citizens - but now the president wants to change that.

Nigeria Dapchi abductions: Schoolgirls finally home

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Nearly all the Dapchi girls seized by Boko Haram are home after visiting the Nigerian president.

Nigeria Dapchi abductions: Schoolgirls finally home

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Nearly all the Dapchi girls seized by Boko Haram are home after visiting the Nigerian president.

Gernot Rohr: Nigeria ‘work in progress’ after friendly win against Poland

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Gernot Rohr says his Nigeria side remain "a work in progress" and warned they "won't get carried away with friendly success" after they beat Poland 1-0.

Data firm ‘interfered in Nigeria poll’

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BBC sees papers suggesting Cambridge Analytica's parent company boasted of election interference.

Paul Biya: Cameroon’s ‘absentee president’

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Critics call the 85-year-old long-time ruler "absent" but it's more complicated than that.