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Brazil experience a frustrating start to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as they are held by 10-man South Africa in Brasilia.

Wakonta Kapunda, 25, is paralysed from the neck down, so she uses her tongue to write film scripts as she pursues her dream of being a screenwriter.

Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram now has two rival leaders - Nigeria analyst Andrew Walker looks at whether the split will make it more or less dangerous.

Cheikhou Kouyate scores twice as West Ham mark the first match at their new home by beating NK Domzale to reach the Europa League play-off round.

The Egyptian military says it has killed the head of the Sinai branch of so-called Islamic State, along with dozens of its fighters, in air strikes.

The disputed leader of Boko Haram says he is still in charge of Nigeria's militant Islamist group despite a statement by so-called Islamic State that he had been replaced.

One of Nigeria's most high profile pastors gets social media cooking with comments about what makes an ideal spouse.

In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo looks at those most in danger in the battle against poachers in Africa.

A look at the young entrepreneurs trying to boost the economy and employment in South Africa's townships.

Somalia - the nation that produced double Olympic champion Mo Farah - has sent only two athletes to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Twenty years after Nigeria became the first African nation to win Olympic football gold, Taribo West recalls a "fantastic" experience.

A charity that has been paid millions by the UK government for its work in Africa is under the control of a cult-like organisation, an investigation reveals.

Former Cameroon midfielder Alex Song joins Rubin Kazan on a free transfer after terminating his Barcelona contract.

The US carries out air strikes in Libya on positions of so-called Islamic State at the request of the UN-backed government, the Pentagon says.

Nigerian troops should be prosecuted for the killing of 349 Shia Muslims in northern Zaria city last year, a judicial inquiry says.

A Nigerian behind thousands of online scams around the world has been arrested in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol alleges.

A rare protest in Ethiopia saw thousands turn out in the north of the country, but what was at the root of the demonstration?

Arsenal youngster Ismael Bennacer is cleared by Fifa to play for Algeria at international level.

Young South Africans tell the BBC what issues matter to them ahead of hotly contested local elections.

South Africa's ANC party, which took power at the end of white-minority rule in 1994, is facing its toughest challenge - and not just from opposition parties in Wednesday's local elections, writes the BBC's Milton Nkosi.