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The Western Mediterranean route to Spain is now the most popular with migrants trying to reach Europe.

How an accidental fashion accessory is helping Zimbabwe's new president rebrand the country.

The innovators' school Twende in Tanzania is helping people invent solutions to local problems

Bernard Kiwia is the brains behind innovator school Twende, one that's helping his community to invent solutions to local problems.

Residents got two weeks notice before the bulldozers moved in to flatten their homes for a new road.

Diamond firm De Beers is relocating them from its reserve to Mozambique, where poachers are active.

Porto sign defender Chancel Mbemba from Premier League side Newcastle for a reported £7.14m fee.

Mohamed Salah tells Liverpool team-mate Loris Karius to "ignore those who hate" after more criticism following his latest pre-season match.

Striker Simon Murray joins South African top-flight side Bidvest Wits from Hibernian.

Zamalek's Maarouf Yussuf is to begin the process of becoming an Egyptian citizen having already been in squads for both Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

Ethiopia and Eritrea agree to play their first football match in 20 years as relations between the two nations continue to improve.

A married couple are presenting the news on Kenya's leading TV station for the first time.

Al-Shabab says it has killed 27 soldiers, but there is no independent confirmation of casualties.

Zimbabwe defender Hardlife Zvirekwi says his strength of faith has helped his return to professional football, following the amputation of his left hand.

Elizabeth Ohene explores whether it has inspired a generation of scientists and mathematicians.

A drug that can stop people getting recurrent bouts of malaria has been approved by regulators in the United States.

Trevor Noah says he will "never" repeat a 2013 joke about Aboriginal women, after a renewed backlash.

BBC Sport looks at the performance of new Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita, who will wear Steven Gerrard's old number this year.

More than five million Zimbabweans are going to the polls on 30 July to vote in historic elections. But what makes it different from previous votes?

Hundreds of lives may have been saved during the latest Ebola outbreak after one key development.