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More than 30 people travelling to Europe in the boat were saved by the Spanish coast guard.

For 20 years, a Christian group has held prayers on a train carriage during their one hour commute.

The military strike, reportedly in Libya, follows a deadly attack on Coptic Christians.

A court blocks the Kenyan government's plan to evict hunter-gatherers from their ancestral land.

The government order comes after President Pierre Nkurunziza launched a campaign "to moralise society".

Mmusi Maimane had planned to attend the treason case of Zambia's main opposition leader.

Guinea are knocked out of the Under-20 World Cup following a 5-0 thrashing by Argentina in their final Group A match in South Korea.

The UN says aid agencies are struggling to cope with the huge numbers of people arriving in Uganda after fleeing civil war in South Sudan.

The children were kidnapped from their school on the outskirts of Lagos.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Everton will become the first ever Premier League side to play in Tanzania when they travel their for a friendly on 13 July.

The 1957 tour that created the first global football superstar.

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha signs a five-year contract extension with the Premier League club.

At least 14 policemen have been killed in roadside bomb attacks in the past two days.

Africa Day is 25 May, it marks the creation of the Organisation of African Unity, now called the African Union.

Christian Atsu and Mubarak Wakaso are left out of Ghana's squad for next month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia.

Flying between the West African capitals of Freetown and Banjul should take about an hour. But as the BBC's Umaru Fofana found out, it can be quicker and easier to fly via Morocco or even Belgium.

Last year Salama Ali uncovered a secret - that the al-Shabab militant group was seizing Kenyan woman and turning them into sex slaves.

Somali women vets have been deployed across the country to keep animals alive amid a devastating drought.

The BBC's Karen Allen asks whether the treason charges faced by Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema are a sign that Zambia's reputation as a bastion of democracy is under threat.