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Police say the general was shot dead as he tried to escape from his hideout in Bahir Dar city.

Ex-Liverpool youth player Toni Silva questions his future in the game despite heading to a second Africa Cup of Nations with Guinea-Bissau.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian leaders say they would rather die than see a mosque in their ancient city of Aksum.

Polo is widely seen as a men-only game in northern Nigeria, but one woman is changing the narrative.

A growing number of Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa say they are no longer religious, a major survey suggests.