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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE In a crumbling Khartoum sports hall, a dozen Nuba men in sweat-faded singlets practiced wrestling moves under the…

THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION Africa’s most decorated footballer, Samuel Eto’o, is appealing for funding to help people escaping violence in Nigeria…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tourists perch on a volcano’s edge as smoke swirls from the fiery cauldron of lava in the war-torn…

Morocco’s Gnawa festival attracts hundreds of thousands of people — but it’s about more than music and color. It has…

A 26-year-old bicyclist from Eritrea was honored as the King of the Mountains during the sixth stage at the Tour…

Top Kenyan athletes, including former world marathon record holders Wilson Kipsang and Tegla Loroupe, staged a 22-day “Walk for Peace”…

A boy, a sheep and a stunning mountain landscape. These are the three stars of Lamb, a poignant film directed…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A film made in Uganda for about $200 has become an Internet sensation, with its trailer viewed more…

A film with a powerful anti-extremist message has been internationally honored. The film Timbuktu was nominated for an American Academy…

An arts charity based in Kenya has produced its third film, about the lives and relationships of people from different…