Mauritania releases Facebook blogger convicted of blasphemy

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The Mauritanian blogger spent five years in jail over a Facebook post about the Prophet Muhammad.

Desire Oparanozie demands equal pay for Nigeria’s women’s side

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Super Falcons captain Desire Oparanozie demands Nigeria's women's team are paid the same as their male counterparts.

Ghana ‘exports rosewood timber illegally to China’

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Corrupt officials are forging documents to allow the wood to leave the country, environmentalists say.

French champions sign Senegal midfielder

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Idrissa Gueye moves from Everton to Paris St-Germain for around £30m and signs a four-year deal with the French champions.

Boko Haram: A decade of terror explained

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How the death of one man 10 years ago sparked an unending campaign of terror in Nigeria and beyond.

Dark web criminal bought ‘quadrillions of Zimbabwe bank notes’

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Richard Castro used part of his proceeds to buy Zimbabwe's defunct currency.

Ramla Ali: Meet the boxer on the Duchess of Sussex’s Vogue front page

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Ramla Ali is an English and British boxing champion with Olympic ambitions despite having had to hide her passion from her strict Muslim family.

Beyoncé champions African music stars with Lion King soundtrack

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Some of Africa's biggest names feature on Beyoncé's Lion King-inspired album, but might the US singer also gain new audiences?

Meet the 19-year-old blind pianist challenging his disability

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Yongren Otundo is the leading pianist in his school, despite losing his sight at a young age.

Ethiopia ‘breaks’ tree-planting record to tackle climate change

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More than 350 million trees have been planted in a single day to tackle deforestation, officials say.