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South Africa cricket's first black African player Makhaya Ntini on feeling lonely during his career and ex-captain Faf du Plessis admits past mistakes on racism.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says revealing Zindzi Mandela had the virus would encourage acceptance.

A look behind the fraught stand-off over a controversial new dam on the Blue Nile.

It is not like a bath with a tap that can be turned on and off at will.

The pandemic has impacted many businesses, but some entrepreneurs have thrived by adapting quickly.

The pandemic brought Egypt's tourism industry to a virtual halt, affecting millions of livelihoods.

A BBC investigation exposes chronic failures in the health system in one of the poorest areas.

Zumba dance classes are helping keep Kenyan health workers motivated during the coronavirus pandemic.

Countries have taken different routes in lifting restrictions - and some are reinstating them.

There are fewer than 500 hirola living in the wild, down from thousands just 40 years ago.

A Zimbabwean woman is campaigning to get the machine fixed to avoid a mastectomy.

11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu is challenging ballet stereotypes.

Why the global exhibition of one of Egypt’s greatest icons may actually be illegal.

Fake news and mistrust in the government mean a lot of Nigeria's population thinks the pandemic is a hoax.

Zimbabwe's lockdown measures to combat the spread of coronavirus have led to economic and political crisis.

Essama Andre has repeatedly attacked the statue of French war hero Gen Philippe Leclerc in Doula.

Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo writes about the racism he has experienced in the US.

Russia urges peace talks as the US accuses it of meddling in the Libya conflict.

Their 15-year sentence triggered a diplomatic row resulting in the recalling of the US ambassador.

A union says the health ministry bears "full responsibility" for doctors' deaths from Covid-19.