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A large item of debris found off the coast of Tanzania belongs to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian investigators confirm.

A man who has been at the forefront of protests against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government is in hospital after allegedly being tortured.

Zambia's Zesco United host South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday in only the second Champions League semi-final involving Southern Africa clubs.

Swiss commodity trading firms are criticised in a report on the sale to African countries of diesel containing toxin levels that would be illegal in Europe.

The repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya does not meet international standards for voluntary return, a rights group says.

Taonere Banda has made history by becoming Malawi's first Paralympic athlete, competing in the women's T12-13 1500m in Rio.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari recently launched a behaviour change campaign similar to his successful war against indiscipline in the 1980s. The BBC's Isa Sanusi asks if it will work.

In 1948, an African prince, Seretse Khama, married a white middle-class clerk in the UK provoking shock in Britain and Africa.

A Nollywood actress has won gold a gold medal and four other Paralympic nuggets about the Nigerian team in Rio.

In our series of letters from African journalists, social commentator Joseph Warungu asks why the governing coalition has launched a new political party.

Study in Botswana seems to show lions are put off killing livestock by simple ruse of placing false eyes around an animal's tail.

South Africa's tourism industry is using technology to expand the sector beyond traditional areas and appeal to modern independent travellers.

Zimbabwe is being hit by a tidal wave of debt - defaulters are on the rise as the ailing economy continues to hit ordinary citizens hard, writes journalist Boldwill Hungwe.

Burundi and Kenya kick off the inaugural 2016 Cecafa Women's Championship in Uganda with wins in the industrial town of Jinja.

Forces loyal to a Libyan general attack key oil ports held by allies of the UN-backed government with conflicting reports over who now controls them.

Three women have been killed after trying to stage an attack at the main police station in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, officials say.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake kills at least 13 people and injures more than 200 in northern Tanzania.

The opposition LDS in the Seychelles wins parliamentary elections for the first time since the start of multi-party politics in the country.

The International Paralympic Committee investigates why Algeria's women's goalball team failed to arrive in Rio for its match against Israel.

Pep Guardiola is victorious in his first Premier League battle with Jose Mourinho as Manchester City win a frantic derby at Old Trafford.