Jose Peseiro: Nigeria coach’s salary goes unpaid since taking charge

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Nigeria boss Jose Peseiro is yet to receive a single pay cheque from his employers, six months after being appointed by the Super Eagles.

Kenya’s famous matriarch elephant dies

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Known for her long tusks, Dida was aged between 60 and 65 years and a major tourist attraction.

South African sides set new T20 world record

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South African sides Titans and Knights set a new world record score of 501, the highest amount of runs scored in a Twenty20 match.

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist escalates hunger strike

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Alaa Abdel Fattah's family fear for his life after he starts consuming only water in prison in Egypt.

Davido’s young son drowns: Nigerian police question staff

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Nigerian police investigate the death of the three-year-old son of the Afrobeats star.

Women’s African Champions League: Holders Mamelodi Sundowns start on winning note

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Mamelodi Sundowns make a winning start to their Women's African Champions League title defence, beating Nigeria's Bayelsa Queens.

Victor Osimhen: First Serie A hat-trick leaves Nigeria striker hungry for more

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Napoli and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen hopes he can continue his fine form after scoring his first Serie A hat-trick.

Women’s African Champions League: Green Buffaloes seal big win in opener

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Zambia's Green Buffaloes lay down an early marker with a 4-0 win over Determine Girls of Liberia in the opening match of the Women's African Champions League in Morocco.

Nigeria floods: ‘I have nowhere to go’

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More than a million people are homeless after some of the worst flooding the country has ever seen.

Somalia Mogadishu bombings: Twin blasts kill 100 in capital

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The president blames al-Shabab militants for being behind what he describes as a cowardly attack.