National Protest Call - Today - Wednesday 21st June 2023. The leadership of the main opposition APC has unanimously agreed & called upon all Sierra Leoneans to join a peaceful protest against ECSL's refusal to address concerns for a free & fair election. Reuters Africa BBC News Africa

Counting is continuing, two days after the general election in Sierra Leone. It's not clear who is leading in the presidential race between President Julius Maada Bio and his main contender Samura Kamara, although both sides are claiming victory.

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“It is time to hang the jersey and boots in glory as I retire officially from active football.’’

⚽ Ghana’s football star Asamoah Gyan - Africa's top World Cup scorer - has officially announced his retirement from football.

Read about Gyan's career: bbc.in/42SVExY

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Cameroon's Libianca and Nigeria's Burna Boy among the biggest winners at the 2023 BET awards in Los Angeles.

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The Nigerian with a mission to see a bagpipe revival bbc.in/443PHjd

The leader of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party says shots were fired into his party’s headquarters. Samura Kamara of the All People's Congress called it an assassination attempt. It follows voting in the country’s elections on Saturday.

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been speaking about the future of Wagner fighters who are operating in Africa.

Lavrov says Wagner's work 'will continue,' in the African countries where they operate amidst accusations of committing war crimes.

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Sweden Quran burning sparks anger across Muslim world bbc.in/44lMf3o

Sierra Leone election: Julius Maada Bio re-elected as opposition cries foul bbc.in/430JjrB

Nigeria President Bola Tinubu's grand return to Lagos from the UK has raised some eyebrows. The president arrived home in his Gulfstream jet before a convoy of some 100 vehicles escorted him through the city.

He was returning to Lagos for Eid al-Adha.

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Following a campaign marred by several violent incidents, a winner has emerged from Sierra Leone's 2023 elections which took place in a tense atmosphere on Saturday.

Julius Maada Bio has been re-elected.

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🇳🇦 Luis has a lot to say so he popped by for a round of quick-fire questions.

He talks about masculinity and much more on the latest episode of the Focus on Africa podcast.

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Rwanda policy: Government loses legal challenge in Court of Appeal bbc.in/3NzFjJ0

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A South African woman has described working as a fruit picker on farms in the south of England as 'slave labour'.

'We weren't viewed as humans,' Sybil Msezane told a House of Lords committee.

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Nigerians 🇳🇬 are being warned that some bottles of Sprite may be contaminated.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says ‘particles’ have been found in some bottles. However, it’s unclear what the particles are.

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Zambian President Hichilema's $6bn debt deal hailed as 'historic' bbc.in/3CJlTfP

Sierra Leone election count was 'flawed' says international observer from The Carter Center.

'The question is, what happens now?' bbc.in/3CO6LOr

The African Medicine Agency (AMA) came a small step closer to reality over the weekend when Rwanda signed a Host Country Agreement with the African Union (AU) Commission.

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