Paralympics: The African athletes to watch out for at Paris Games

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Africa's Paralympic journey is taken up a notch here in Paris as the Games kick off in style. With every cycle, the continent's athletes rise to greater heights and prominence in adaptive sports. We take a closer look.

Also, police around the world are trying to tighten the net on West African cybercrime mafia. Hundreds from the notorious Black Axe network have been arrested in an Interpol crackdown. 

Finally, in Kenya, the pan-African Festac festival is well underway. It's the third edition of the modern incarnation of the brand. Festac began in 1966 before it entered the continental history books with a legendary 1977 edition in Nigeria, before taking a 45-year breather.