How much will a gold medal be worth at the Paris Games this year?

World Athletics will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Olympic Games. "I think it's a wonderful precedent to set," says nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis. He believes it's not possible for Olympians to live as amateur athletes anymore - so is it time for athletes to get better financial rewards?

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🏊 🏃🏅The countdown until the 2024 Olympics is officially on.

It’s now just 100 days until the Games kick-off in Paris, France on July 26. During the competition, 10,500 athletes from over 200 Olympic Committees will compete across 329 events.Among them are Kenyan athletes Eliud Kipchoge and Faith Kipyegon who are hoping to make history by becoming the first Africans to win gold at three consecutive Olympics.

Amina Ali was one of the 276 girls abducted from her school in Chibok, Nigeria, a decade ago. She was also the first of the so-called Chibok girls to escape captivity in 2016.

But with tight money and sharing a small room with her child, life today is not like what was promised to her.https://www.facebook.com/share..../v/DEQjWJcyNUkYK1KJ/

A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was 'impossible' without human-induced climate change, say scientists.

Last month temperatures soared above 48C in Mali with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are 100 days away, but staging the world's biggest sporting event is a privilege Africa has never been afforded.

But as bids go in for the 2036 Games, could the continent be in the running?

‘What I learned driving solo as a woman from London to Lagos’

Travel enthusiast Pelumi Nubi shocked the world and her parents when she announced she was going to drive her Peugeot 107 solo from her adoptive city of London to her hometown of Lagos, Nigeria.

Organisers of the Beijing half marathon are investigating claims that three African athletes allowed China's star runner He Jie to win the race.

Footage appeared to show the athletes pointing to the line and slowing down before waving past He.

‘Pastor Chris’ is one of Africa’s most influential pastors, but he’s been pushing conspiracy theories to his followers.

The BBC has reviewed dozens of his sermons from 2023 and 2024 and found he has been spreading anti-vaccine messages and specifically targeting the new malaria vaccine as it is being distributed in African countries.

According to the World Health Organization, 95% of malaria deaths occurred on the continent in 2022 - with children under five accounting for around 80% of those deaths.

Sierra Leone’s capital has been plunged into darkness for weeks, severely disrupted daily life.

Most of Freetown’s power comes from a Turkish ship, Karpowership, which switched off the lights over an unpaid $48m (£38m) bill.

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