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South Africa is taking part in a naval exercise with Russia and China, to the dismay of the US.

The Mozambican priest suffered organ failure after almost four weeks without food or drink.

One of the three old banknotes will be reintroduced following angry protests around the country.

Anick and Destin were flown from a remote village of Muzombo to be separated.

With seven million registered voters, Nigeria's biggest city could hold the keys to the presidential villa.

The new docudrama is seeking to relate Africa's pre-colonial, female-focused history.

Two banks are reportedly set on fire by customers angered by a lack of new banknotes.

Kenya's Gloria Orwoba, who campaigns against "period poverty", says she was aware her trousers were stained.

A rights group criticises the UK after people were evicted from the British territory in the 1960s.

Only seven people are known to have survived after a boat sank on its way to Europe.

Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller tells BBC Sport about his testicular cancer diagnosis and comeback.

A 2022 peace deal halted Ethiopia's two-year civil war. Women say it did not stop the violence.

Nigeria and Ghana are known hubs for catfishing where users pretend to be someone they're not online as part of a romantic or financial scam.

Footballer Christian Atsu is still missing after the Turkey earthquake on 6 February, his agent has said.

Police say the rapper was shot dead at close range in an apparent contract killing.

The tour bus collided with an armoured vehicle on a bridge and then fall into the river below.

The head of an independent radio station is the latest to be held in a wave of arrests.

A plan to replace Nigeria's banknotes leads to a shortage of money weeks before general elections.

Simidele Adeagbo is targeting the 2026 Winter Olympics to secure Africa's first medallist in the history of the games.

Political activists in Uganda say hundreds of people have been 'abducted' by drone vehicle.