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Colonial tweets by former party leader could end South African opposition party's chances of winning the next election.

More than 16 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan need food and water.

The archipelago where the landscape is idyllic but life tough.

In Cape Town, a new scheme is helping women develop web literacy.

Time is running out to save 20 million people facing famine in Africa and the Middle East, says the UN.

Doctors will receive increased allowances as negotiations on other issues continue.

How Nigerians obsess about life in the US

Gen Haftar's forces say they have recaptured oil terminals as Russia denies special forces support.

The suspect, Samson Lokayi, has been remanded in custody while investigations continue.

Millions of South Africans risk missing out on social security payments in a scandal over a government contract.

Former Chelsea and Ghana midfielder Michael Essien joins Indonesian side Persib Bandung.

The haul found in luggage on a flight from Ethiopia is is the biggest for several years.

Egypt's general prosecution refer Caf president Issa Hayatou to the country's Economic Court on charges of violating local anti-monopoly rules.

A Sri Lankan-flagged tanker is boarded by armed men in the first such hijacking since 2012.

Time is running out to help 20 million people facing famine across Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria - and Somalia.

A court finds Hama Amadou guilty of child smuggling in a trial his lawyers say is a sham.

The UN warns that the world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945. Here's how you can help.

Two parts of a statue possibly dating back 3,000 years were found in Cairo last week.

The former vice-president of Zimbabwe Joice Mujuru on her track record with the Zanu-PF party.

The BBC's Nancy Kacungira went to talk to two budding entrepreneurs in Nairobi's fitness industry.