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Saxophone player Femi Kuti narrowly missed out on setting a new record for playing a single note, but says he will try again to break the 47 minutes and 5 seconds target.

Can the latest international conference help the troubled state?

Twenty-one Chibok girls released in October 2016 have not been reunited with their families.

As they prepare to leave school, Tanzanian conjoined twins, Consolata and Maria, share their dreams for the future.

The newly-elected president vows to take his country's relationship with Africa into a new direction.

The BBC's on board Save the Children's rescue boat as migrants flee Libya.

Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari says Uefa are not addressing the "serious issue" of racism in football.

More than three years ago, 276 girls were abducted from a secondary school in northern Nigeria. BBC News looks at what we know.

Every May the people of the Ghanaian coastal town of Winneba celebrate their migration from Timbuktu with a traditional hunt, known as the Aboakyer festival.

The abduction of 276 girls in 2014 sparked a global outcry and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

The students from a primary school in northern Tanzania were travelling to sit an exam.

Leicester City guarantee their Premier League survival with a deserved home victory over struggling Watford.

French side Lille exercise their option to sign Tunisia midfielder Naim Sliti on a permanent deal from second-tier side Red Star.

Eliud Kipchoge misses out on breaking two hours for a marathon by 26 seconds but his time will not be a world record.

Sulley Muntari has had the one-match ban he received after protesting against racist abuse overturned, says world players' union Fifpro.

It is the first confirmed death of a member of the US military there since Black Hawk Down in 1993.

The president is filmed at Friday prayers in Abuja amid ongoing concerns for his health.

Nnamdi Kanu is on bail after spending a year-and-a-half in jail without trial accused of treason over his campaign for a state of Biafra to break away from Nigeria.

South African footballer Benni McCarthy on overcoming the racist abuse he received playing in Europe.

The governing coalition led by the National Liberation Front retains its majority in parliament.