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Lion hunting in South Africa is a big business, but some groups seem are shooting "canned meat" - animals bred in captivity just to be hunted, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports.

With piracy spreading along large swathes of Africa's coast, shipping firms and governments are deploying hi-tech weapons in the fight against the raiders.

The World Conservation Congress has backed calls to push South Africa to ban the hunting of lions bred in captivity – and something known as “canned lion” hunting.

It is a famous, gentle giant of the African savannah, but the giraffe's genetics have only just revealed that there is not one species, but four.

Kenya agree to step in and host the east and central African regional championships for both national teams and club sides.

Zimbabwe's ruling party is accused of deliberately withholding aid from opposition supporters in areas facing starvation because of drought.

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations says it is working on paying the salary arrears owed to coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic.

More than 100 fighters loyal to South Sudan's sacked vice-president are found "in extremely bad shape" by the UN in DR Congo and given treatment.

The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association Isha Johansen and two other officials are questioned by the country's Anti Corruption Commission.

Spectacular landscape and wildlife provide some stunning images from Botswana.

Zimbabwe's high court overturns a two-week ban by police on demonstrations in the capital Harare, despite a stern warning by President Robert Mugabe.

A new mayor in South Africa's Tshwane, an area that includes the capital Pretoria, rejects a fleet of luxury cars bought by his predecessors.

Why isn't more being done to prevent a repeat of last year's flooding in Malawi?

George Wyndham is the only Sierra Leonean competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, but his only home is an office in the national stadium.

A miner in DR Congo tells the BBC why he ventures 25m (82 ft) underground, without ropes or safety gear, in search of copper.

Two children from one of Nairobi's poorest communities are hoping to start a career in the music industry after some help from their father.

Uganda's qualification for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations delights football fans, most of whom had not been born last time their team appeared.

How the southern African nation managed to make the best of its natural resources.

From Bible apps to Muslim web directories, faith tech is spreading the word the length and breadth of Africa.

Ivory Coast's two medallists from the Rio Olympic games have been given cash awards and houses by the president.