Priscilla Sitienei: Primary school pupil aged 99 dies in Kenya

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Priscilla Sitienei was set to sit her final exams next week, along with her 12-year-old classmates.

Meet Senegal’s female barrier breaker in the salt production

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Meet a Senegalese's barrier breaker who became the first woman in her country to manage salt marshes.

‘Major’ aims as Cape Town Marathon races to be sport’s greenest event

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Organisers of the Cape Town Marathon hope to create the greenest sporting event in the world and become the seventh major marathon.

Kwadwo Sheldon – Ghana’s YouTube star refuses to be an unemployment stat

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The influencer has more than 400,000 subscribers on YouTube, but he still fears unemployment.

World Cup 2022: Salima Mukansanga to ‘open door’ for female officials

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Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga hopes being selected for the men's World Cup will help other aspiring officials.

Africa’s week in pictures: 11 – 17 November 2022

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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

World Cup 2022: Senegal forward Sadio Mane ruled out with leg injury

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Senegal forward Sadio Mane is ruled out of the World Cup and has surgery on a knee injury he sustained playing for Bayern Munich.

Nigerian athletes convicted for fraud after FBI investigation

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Two Nigerian athletes are convicted in the United States for transferring significant sums of money to the West African country as part of a complex fraud scheme.

Charlize Theron condemned for saying Afrikaans is dying language

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The Hollywood star grew up speaking Afrikaans - many fellow South Africans are outraged by her comments.

World Cup 2022: Senegal coach Aliou Cisse on impact of ‘Africa’s Titanic’

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Aliou Cisse was part of Senegal's history-making World Cup squad in 2002, but three months later was affected by a boat tragedy.