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The local authorities reportedly seize Tigray's airports following reports of recent drone strikes.

Patrick Vieira and Herve Renard are among the high-profile managerial arrivals as the qualification campaign for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations gets under way.

One of those killed is believed to be a pregnant woman, police said.

The UK is reviewing its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the defence secretary has said.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after Donald Trump told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".

South Sudan has not held elections since independence in 2011 - polls have twice been postponed.

Former Afcon winner Segun Odegbami has slammed those running Nigerian football after the country missed out on the men's and women's World Cups.

Young voters are being courted with football slogans, promises of jobs and anti-Israel rallying calls.

Shadrack Sibiya, who has made no comment, is alleged to have groomed a 16-year-old and raped an 18-year-old.

The BBC goes inside the prison where prisoners were trapped in stifling, cramped conditions.

Doyle was best known for reporting on African conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, notably in Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

South Africa's most successful Olympian Tatjana Smith explains why she has reversed her decision to retire from competitive swimming.

The former Liverpool footballer's Rolls-Royce was clocked speeding in Wilmslow in March.

Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The children of key politicians jailed 25 years ago without a trace in Eritrea want answers.

The police have since set up a task team to investigate the murders and have urged women in the Kempton Park area to avoid walking or running alone "particularly in isolated areas".

African football boss Patrice Motsepe wants a "heightened sense of urgency" from Afcon 2027 co-hosts Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as they face a race to be ready.

Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.

Former France international Patrick Vieira, a World Cup winner in 1998, says taking charge of Senegal, the nation of his birth, is an "honour".

Many Nigerians buy their first ever shares - in the oil refinery owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote.