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After 11 months in action, the force set up to curb violence has been told to withdraw.

A brash Tyson Fury leans on and prods Francis Ngannou as the pair weigh in for their heavyweight fight in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Former South Africa World Cup winning head coach Jake White says the Springboks "know how to handle the pressure" ahead of Saturday's final with New Zealand.

Parliament passes the biggest education reform since the end of apartheid in 1994.

This is the worst power cut for two years, coming amid a serious economic crises in the country.

Some people are unhappy there is no plan to have a memorial to the Ugandan guide killed in the attack.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett and model Munroe Bergdorf also feature on 2024's Powerlist.

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi says a game of the magnitude of Saturday's Rugby World Cup final will not been seen again in "our lifetime".

The paramilitary RSF seizes key trade hub Nyala from the army, despite the start of peace talks.

Niger's PM says that Ecowas sanctions, including cutting off electricity supply, medicines and food, after a military coup are injustice unlike any other.

South Africa has not commented on reports its national was seized, along with the unnamed Tanzanians.

Bola Tinubu's victory is upheld by the Supreme Court, which dismisses opposition complaints.

Amina Noor is the first person to be convicted of assisting a non-UK person to perform FGM.

England accuse World Rugby of denying Tom Curry a fair hearing over his allegation of an on-field racial slur by South Africa's Bongi Mbonambi.

Lesotho has banned poultry imports from South Africa, leaving the fast food chain short of chicken.

It is the first such death to be reported among the Kenyan troops since they joined the force last year.

Hundreds of workers at a South African mine were trapped underground for three days in a union dispute.

Gebisa Ejeta, 73, receives the National Medal of Science for developing an improved sorghum hybrid.

Kenya assistant coach William Muluya saw friends killed in a hail of bullets in his youth, and credits football with saving him from a similar fate.