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A correspondent working in South Sudan says he has been deported for being too critical of the government.

Nigeria's women's team insist they will not end their sit-in at a hotel in Abuja until they are paid outstanding bonuses of US$23,650 per player.

Research has cast doubt on a UN-backed project to reduce pollution-induced illness in the world's poorest children by providing 100 million homes with a smoke-free stove.

Residents of the Namibian town of Luderitz are at odds over whether they should scrap its German colonial name.

Research casts doubt on a global mission to use cleaner-burning stoves, to prevent pollution-induced illness in the world's poorest children.

The UN could launch a new inquiry into the 1961 air crash that killed then UN chief Dag Hammarskjold.

Libyan forces hunt down the last IS fighters after ejecting them from their Sirte stronghold.

The brother of a patient in a Kenyan hospital tells the BBC's World Have Your Say he thinks the doctors' strike over pay is "inhumane".

British-Ghanaians explain what they want from the upcoming presidential election and what would convince them to return to Ghana.

The Ghana opposition leader hopes his industry vow will make the difference, writes Adelaide Arthur.

President Mahama is seeking re-election after serving a four-year first term plagued by power cuts.

Egypt arrests 25 people, including doctors and nurses, accused of illegal organ trafficking.

Kenyan officials have said nothing about the country's "largest military defeat" at a base in Somalia.

Abducted as a child by Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group, Dominic Ongwen became one of its most ruthless commanders, so should he face trial at the ICC?

Everton's Yannick Bolasie is to have knee surgery after he suffered serious ligament damage against Manchester United on Sunday.

An organised crime ring was giving out real US visas in Ghana's capital Accra for a decade - how did they get away with it for so long?

Could the former Sudanese child soldier and refugee Deng Adut be crowned Australian of the year?

The palace of a Ugandan king and he has been charged with murder - why?

What role do postcards and letters play in this digital age? Some businesses think there is a gap in the market.

The life story of Gambian property developer Adama Barrow, who has pulled off a Trumpian shock with his election win.