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A major rescue operation is under way after a building collapsed at the surface of a gold mine in South Africa, blocking off the main entrance.

Carnival preparations, body building and balloons on sale

Ajax Cape Town withdraw from the Confederation Cup because of concerns over how they will travel to face their Angolan opponents.

How an urban train network is expanding in the South African city of Johannesburg.

Companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo are getting angry about bureaucracy.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country severely hit by a drought.

Ethiopia is suffering its worst drought in decades with failed crops, livestock at risk and more than 10 million people needing emergency aid.

But does it need international aid?

The woman who turned up to surprise her would-be killer

More than 100 UN peacekeepers will be sent home from the Central African Republic after accusations of child sexual abuse, the UN says.

The body of an Italian student who disappeared last week in Cairo has been found and shows signs of torture, an Egyptian prosecutor says.

Mali score a last-gasp winner to edge out Ivory Coast 1-0 in an enthralling encounter and reach the African Nations Championship final.

Why Porsche sales have collapsed in Nigeria

Zimbabwe's growing market for coffins

Libyans talk about life under IS

Several senior commanders from the group Islamic State have moved to Libya from Iraq and Syria in recent months, a top Libyan intelligence official has told BBC Newsnight.

The BBC has evidence that Israel is sending unwanted African migrants to other countries under secretive deals which may be in breach of international law.

Alastair Leithead visits the world's largest refugee camp at Dadaab, Kenya, to see what lessons can be learned from Somalia's migrant crisis.

How Israel gives migrants $3,500 and turns them away

Can black players' success bring cricket revolution in South Africa?