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The flight data recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last month has been retrieved, Egyptian investigators say.

About 630,000 mobile phones have so far been disconnected in Tanzania following the ban on fake handsets came into force at midnight, the authority says.

Fighting for disability rights in Africa is a huge task but some are taking it upon themselves to make a positive change.

A Ugandan soldier kills seven people, including three children, in a shooting spree at a military police barracks in the capital, Kampala.

A court in Kenya dismisses a case brought by two men who were allegedly forced to undergo anal testing by police to prove they were homosexual.

Africa's best barista is about to take on all comers at the World Barista Championships in Dublin.

On 16 June 1976, thousands of students took to the streets of Soweto to protest against the apartheid regime - an uprising that changed South Africa. What has happened 40 years on?

Why have people been sharing a story about Garissa from 2015?

EU boats charged with seizing migrant-smuggling vessels in the Mediterranean will also be asked to stop vessels suspected of smuggling arms.

Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp did not love the South African Olympic athlete, her cousin Kim Martin tells his sentencing hearing.

Oscar Pistorius has removed his prosthetic legs in court to demonstrate how he walks without them.

Angola is an oil-rich nation, but cracks have begun to show in the economy. Karen Allen asks if the problems are exacerbated by the immense power and wealth of the ruling Dos Santos family.

Siyanda Mohutsiwa, a blogger from Botswana, asks whether social media helped bring back the idea of pan-Africanism

Sponsors shy away from backing female footballers because they believe the game is "synonymous with lesbianism", a senior Nigerian official says.

South African firefighters, famous for singing and dancing on their arrival in Canada to battle wildfires, return home because of a pay dispute.

West Ham United sign winger Sofiane Feghouli from Valencia on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius must pay for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, her father Barry has told a judge, breaking down in tears.

Senegalese Fatma Samoura will begin work in her new role as Fifa secretary general on Monday after successfully passing an eligibility check.

Control of the land is at the heart of politics in South Africa and a new party is calling for justice for the country's oldest inhabitants.

The Khoisan Revolution will be competing in South Africa's local elections in August. But who are its leaders and what is the party trying to do?