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A Nigerian woman runs up a £330,000 bill for NHS treatment after she gives birth prematurely.

The 36-year-old man is suspected of recruiting for jihadist group Islamic State.

A dead migrant boy - "Spain's Alan Kurdi" - refocuses attention on migrants' desperate plight.

In 1993, elite US forces launched a disastrous raid in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Abdulaziz Ali Ibrahim was working with the UN in Somalia at the time.

South Africa's "pitbull" shocks many by quitting prosecutor's role to start private practice.

Action movies are big business in Uganda's film industry and these children are trained stunt actors.

Who is the mystery VIP who's been memed as Trump's African half-brother?

Could Morocco's return to the African Union lead to an end to the 16-year Western Sahara impasse?

A network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees is exposed by a BBC News investigation.

US President Trump suspends refugee admissions and temporarily bars people from seven countries.

Two Somali refugees on the verge of going to the US after spending years in Kenya react to the news that President Donald Trump has banned all Somalis from entering the US.

Will AU boss Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma take over from her ex-husband as president of South Africa?

Former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh failed to appreciate that democracy had taken root in West Africa. It left him on a hiding to nothing, writes Elizabeth Ohene.

Burkina Faso score a late brace to beat Tunisia 2-0 and reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

Egypt's progress to the Nations Cup quarter-finals shows football is emerging from a dark period in the country, says Egypt FA's Hazem El Hawary.

Caf says there is no evidence to support claims the Africa Cup of Nations pitches in Gabon have led to player injuries.

Donald Trump's pro-abortion funding ban infuriates many global health organisations who say it will unintentionally lead to more abortions.

Could US overseas abortion funding ban lead to more deaths in Africa?

The BBC's Peter Okwoche goes rally driving for the first time to find out why the sport is so popular in Uganda.

Kalusha Bwalya says two-time winner Herve Renard has the ability to win the Nations Cup with Morocco as he assesses the tournament so far.