Khensani Maseko, a student anti-rape activist, took her own life last week after she was allegedly raped.
Cecilia Wangari is a great-grandmother who works in a garage in Kenya, installing car stereos.
Doctors say deaths are still rare but we need to open our eyes to the risk.
Arsenal and Nigeria forward Alex Iwobi returns to Lagos to visit a football academy and meet young players.
Ghana suffer a second straight defeat at the 2018 women's under-20 World Cup in France, losing 4-0 to the Netherlands.
Labourers down tools shouting "we are not slaves" days after two crashes killed 16 migrant workers.
Ending months of speculation, Joseph Kabila's party backs a former minster to succeed him in December.
Police accuse Tendai Biti of inciting violence after the first polls since Robert Mugabe was ousted.
Hibernian complete the loan signing of Thomas Agyepong from Manchester City, with the Ghana winger awaiting a visa.
Kenya's former 400m hurdles world champion Nicholas Bett dies aged 28 in a car crash.
Tanzeela Qambrani, from the tiny Sidi community, has ancestors who hailed from East Africa.
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