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A hat-trick from Asisat Oshoala helps holders Nigeria beat Equatorial Guinea 6-0 to reach the Women's Nations Cup semi-finals as SA draw with Zambia to qualify.

Mummies in two sarcophagi, found in a tomb in Luxor dating back 3,500 years, are revealed.

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr backs struggling Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho and insists he still has a big part to play at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

After days of silence, Nigeria says soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in the north-east.

Tanzanian artist Mina Hussein won't 'offer her body' to music execs to be successful. She's standing up to a culture of sexual harassment.