Nigeria’s Henry Onyekuru faces World Cup fitness battle

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Nigeria striker Henry Onyekuru faces a battle with a knee injury to be fit to be considered for the Super Eagles World Cup squad.

Saving Chad’s elephants

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With the rangers' protection, Zakouma's 500-strong herd is growing strong.

Zimbabwe takeover leader Chiwenga named vice-president

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Constantino Chiwenga led the military takeover that culminated in Robert Mugabe's removal.

Ivory Coast-born Coulibaly in Tunisia squad

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Ivory Coast-born Fousseny Coulibaly is named in a Tunisian World Cup training squad despite not yet being cleared to play for the Carthage Eagles.

Hair-chop traffic cop

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Our pick of Africa's quirkiest stories this year.

Saving elephants

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Heavily armed and highly trained anti-poaching patrols have helped the population's recovery.

Is this the ‘sexiest dance ever’?

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How the Angolan Kizomba started out as a 'family' dance but changed somewhere along the way.

Yaya Toure: Manchester City midfielder ends Ivory Coast retirement

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Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure reverses his international retirement with Ivory Coast.

Briton Laura Plummer jailed in Egypt for drug smuggling

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Laura Plummer is jailed for three years after being accused of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt.

Luvo Manyonga: Drugs, redemption and jumping far

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The 2017 world long jump champion Luvo Manyonga talks about his battle with crystal meth and of his desire to break the long jump record.