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She is accused of involvement in the genital mutilation of a four-year-old British girl in Kenya.

More than 30 Cameroon players have now failed tests enforced by governing body president Samuel Eto'o ahead of U-17 Afcon qualifiers.

Miners in Somaliland are uprooting centuries-old trees used since antiquity to make perfume.

Thirty-five people died in total, according to a local police chief in the central Hiraan province.

The Estadio Nacional will now be called the Pele Stadium in tribute to the late Brazilian great.

At his first press conference in Saudi Arabia, the football star refers to being in South Africa.

The footballer mistakenly says he is in South Africa as he is unveiled as Al Nassr's star signing.

The final World Championship F1 race in East London saw drivers from one country dominate a race like never before or since.

Ghanaian fishermen have told the BBC of widespread abuse on Chinese fishing vessels.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's decision is the latest move to improve relations with the opposition.

South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar has called for more Test cricket alongside the rise of T20 competitions.

The government says the victims were shot dead and it is investigating the motive behind the attack.

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi will join French Top 14 club Racing 92 on a multi-year deal after the World Cup in October.

The brightly painted wooden sarcophagus was smuggled to the US by a global art trafficking network.

The two male lawmakers attacked Amy Ndiaye after she criticised an opposition religious figure.

Ten people, most of them children, died during a concert in the capital, Kampala.

Members of Bristol's Somali community say those fleeing trauma need more mental health support

The outbreak of cholera has killed almost 600 people and is worsening with the rainy season.

Adaeze Efobi could head to the Olympics to represent Nigeria in taekwondo but not just as a competitor - she hopes to inspire on and off the mat.

A hospital told Sulemana he was 9ft 6in, but nurses couldn't be sure - so the BBC went to find out.