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A female MP calls for checks on whether male MPs had undergone the procedure.

Cardiff City's Ivorian defender Sol Bamba leads the tributes from African players to Argentine player Emiliano Sala following the identification of his body.

Much-travelled striker Aristide Bance returns to his native Burkina Faso and signs a short-term deal with USFA.

The president made the announcement after hearing the testimony of an Ebola survivor who had been raped.

The government claims Boko Haram militants have been "decimated" since it came to power in 2015.