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The military takeover comes as the West African nation was awaiting the results of Sunday's election.

After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a second term.

Nigerian officials dispute reports that some 250 children remain missing after another mass school kidnap.

South Africa hand India their heaviest defeat by runs to complete a compelling 2-0 series sweep in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.

The police deny little is being done to find the 250 pupils and accuses the school of not co-operating.

Efforts to negotiate an end to the war, which has displaced 12 million people, remain unfruitful.

South Africa are on the brink of a first Test series win in India for 25 years after reducing the hosts to 27-2 in pursuit of 549 on day four in Guwahati.

Everton's Idrissa Gueye is sent off for striking team-mate Michael Keane during their Premier League victory at Manchester United.

The authorities are trying to rescue more than 250 schoolchildren who were abducted by raiders on motorbikes.

BBC Africa Eye uncovers two so-called "juju" practitioners, who offer to obtain body parts for ritual purposes.

Fixtures, results and scorecards from Sri Lanka's ODI tour of Pakistan, and the Twenty20 tri-series that follows which also involves Zimbabwe.

The authorities in landlocked Ethiopia have ratcheted up rhetoric over access to an Eritrean port.

Malcolm Marx is named men's player of the year at the World Rugby Awards, while Fabian Holland wins the breakthrough player prize.

DR Congo must not be over-confident when the Leopards take part in inter-confederation play-offs for a spot at the 2026 World Cup, says Gabriel Zakuani.

A growing number of women in South Africa are learning to use guns to protect themselves against gender-based violence.

Ethiopia has welcomed the return as part of a broader push to repatriate items of national significance.

Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak deliver a double success for Morocco as they are named 2025 African men's and women's footballer of the year respectively.

A widespread campaign sought to "silence and suppress" protesters, Amnesty International says.

The US-based Trinidadian rapper addressed the UN in New York alongside Trump administration officials, making claims that lack evidence.