West Ham's Senegal international midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate is ruled out for six weeks with a groin injury.

Authorities in Sierra Leone say a three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak has been a success and will not be extended.

A French national has been kidnapped while on holiday in Algeria, the French foreign ministry confirms.

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Algerian club JS Kabylie are banned for two years from continental tournaments over the death of Albert Ebosse.

Nigeria international midfielder Ogenyi Onazi signs an improved contract extension with Italian Serie A side Lazio.

The number of deaths in Nigeria's church hostel collapse rises to 115, including 84 South Africans, a South African minister says.

A year on from the assault by Islamist militants on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenyans still have questions about the four-day siege and its aftermath.