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A South African woman is to be sentenced for kidnapping a child, Zephany Nurse, 19 years ago. But, as the BBC's Pumza Fihlani asks, is this the best outcome?

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk breaks Michael Johnson's 17-year-old 400m world record to win Olympic gold at Rio 2016.

The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram releases a video showing some 50 of the schoolgirls seized by the group from Chibok more than two years ago.

The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video showing some of the schoolgirls they abducted from the northern town of Chibok.

Jemima Sumgong becomes the first Kenyan woman to win the Olympic marathon, beating Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain into second.

At least 30 civilians are killed by suspected ADF rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the military says.

Al Ahly are out of the African Champions League after they draw with Zesco United and Wydad Casablanca of beat ASEC Mimosas.

They were selected to "send a message of hope" but who are the 10 athletes in the Refugee Olympic Team and how are they doing in Rio?

Photographer Johnny Miller has been documenting the disparity between South Africa's rich and poor using a drone.

Kenya's Olympic mission has been dogged by allegations of doping - can it recover as the athletics gets underway?

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

A victims of torture in Burundi tells the BBC what happened to him, as the UN releases a report on the treatment of political detainees there.

Guinea is now free of Ebola but pregnant women are still afraid of the virus and are avoiding hospital, writes the BBC's Tamasin Ford.

Farming is threatening the lives of a semi-nomadic community in Nigeria, unleashing violence that has already claimed hundreds of lives this year, writes the BBC's Martin Patience.

Photographs of an Egyptian beach volleyball player wearing a hijab at the Olympics have gone viral. But people are divided on whether they illustrate a culture clash, or the unifying power of sport.

The Hungarian who met and married a Ghanaian she met in a London judo hall is now competing for Ghana in the Olympics, writes Chris Matthews.

The BBC's Tulip Mazumdar returns to Sierra Leone to meet Ebola survivors and look at how well the country is equipped to handle future health crises.

Oscar Pistorius is treated in hospital for wrist injuries but his brother says reports the jailed athlete hurt himself intentionally are "completely untrue".

Kenya's anti-doping agency says it will investigate claims an athletics official offered to warn athletes about drug tests in return for money.

Brazil's women's football team are into the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics 2016 after beating Sweden 5-1 in Rio de Janeiro.