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Kenenisa Bekele will face fellow all-time great Eliud Kipchoge at the Olympics, 21 years on from their first meeting in a final.

Israel's lawyers push back against South Africa, which is trying to get its Rafah offensive stopped.

Former boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou compares himself to Nelson Mandela before he runs for election in South Africa.

The ICJ ruling has come under intense scrutiny, centring on the word "plausible". What did the court mean?

Lebohang Kganye has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her exhibition Haufi nyana? I've come to take you home

Scientists say the ancient wonders are likely to have been built along a now-dried up branch of the River Nile.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.

A Kenyan mother's desperate attempts to save her son who is on death row in Saudi Arabia.

President Ramaphosa approves a law that seeks to provide universal health care for all - but not everyone is happy.

Illegal shipments of rosewood continue and some of the profit ends up with jihadists, research says.

The American music icon has long been an admirer of the west African country.

The world’s longest cruise has been forced to amend its route and is now calling at nine African ports.

The world’s longest cruise has been forced to amend its route and is now calling at nine African ports.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex unveiled a partnership with Giants of Africa, an NGO which uses sport to empower young people.

At least 19 people are still unaccounted for and 33 construction workers are confirmed to have died - and more stories

The Duchess of Sussex describes the "eye opening" experience of learning about her Nigerian ancestry.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been welcomed by a charity which helps service personnel in Nigeria.

The UN says that at least 32 people have died and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes.

Officials say those aboard were returning home to Ethiopia from Yemen and some are still missing.