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Nigerian shop-owner Emmeka Uhanna tells the BBC that he is worried following recent xenophobic attacks in parts of Johannesburg.

Emergency services in hospitals are grinding to a halt as nurses join doctors in an indefinite strike.

Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses signs a two-year contract extension to commit himself to Stamford Bridge until 2021.

Ali Sonko, a dishwasher from The Gambia, is a long-time team member at Noma in Copenhagen.

Traditional music and dance combine with spectacular circus stunts as Mother Africa opens in London as part of a global tour.

Ghana install Maxwell Konadu as caretaker coach until a permanent successor to Avram Grant is appointed.

Thirty-three people face charges of failing to help tourists at the resort in Sousse, officials say.

Hundreds of Coptic Christians have fled Egypt’s northern Sinai region after a spate of so-called Islamic State attacks with seven people killed within two weeks.

How charities working in Kenya are experimenting with cash transfers instead of more traditional forms of aid.

The walls and floors are being repaired, the hotel refurbished but will the tourists come back to Tunisia after the beach shootings at Sousse two years ago?

A US charity is giving aid to Kenyans in cash and allowing them to choose how to spend it.

The cost of staging the 2022 Games may force Durban to drop out as host, South Africa says.

Motorists in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, face difficult driving conditions as they try to avoid potholes on the road.

A Unicef report exposes the extreme dangers of violent and sexual abuse faced by child migrants.

Saidy Brown discusses the extraordinary reaction after she disclosed her HIV status on Twitter.

Remittances sent home by migrant workers account for 30% of the economy in Lesotho.

How the men of Chad's Wodaabe culture go about finding their brides at a desert festival where the stress is on make-up and clothes.

Thousands are to receive aid in Unity State but many more remain cut off, writes Alastair Leithead.

Julius Kaggwa was born intersex, which made for a confusing, isolating and sometimes dangerous childhood growing up in Uganda.