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As Uganda become the latest team to become embroiled in a dispute over pay, we explain why this type of row happens so often with African teams.

Zimbabwean Chengetayi ditched the corporate world and now pursues her love of dancing full time.

Thousands took to the streets of several cities, blocking roads with sit-ins and burning tyres.

A body from a Kenya Airways flight fell into a garden in south London on Sunday.

Kenya's aviation authority says the man who fell from a plane over London "probably" had access to the airport's secure area.

Critics say it is about erasing the contribution of ethnic Tutsis and replacing them with Hutus.

Protesters are continuing to take to the streets, calling for an end to military rule in the country.

The deadly Ebola virus has spread, but are attacks and insecurity affecting the response?

Just a few weeks ago, Abiy Ahmed was feted across Africa but deadly attacks threatens his reforms.

Fake accounts trying to capitalise on social media campaigns are rife on the photo-sharing platform.

Chief Mkwawa died 16 years before WW1 began but his skull was mentioned in the treaty that ended the conflict.

Communities in Mozambique learn about health, banking and elections via giant interactive screens.

President Mutharika secures a second term, after a court-ordered delay to the result's announcement.

The vessel is believed to have been carrying more than 400 passengers on Lake Mai-Ndombe.

Tunisia's Etoile du Sahel sign Ivorian striker Souleymane Coulibaly, who scored nine goals at the 2011 Under-17 World Cup.

It appeared on the foreign ministry website, showing its neighbour incorporated within its borders.

Sierra Leone Football Association president Isha Johansen is acquitted of corruption paving the way for a ban from global football to be lifted.

The man who ran a jail where suspected separatists were reportedly tortured is captured in Somalia.

Will Africa's governments and consumers have to choose between using US and Chinese technology?

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated at an event which included a flypast and military parade.