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The government authorises the hunting of elephants and dozens of other wild animals for independence day feasts.

A game of rock, paper, scissors is used to determine when the elite female and male races will take place at next year's two-day London Marathon.

Piracy off the Somali coast has increased in recent years after dropping when international naval operations began in 2011.

Kijanangoma has been crowned amid a dispute over a young heir whom the royal clan does not recognise.

Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I has been crowned king of Tooro in a ceremony attended by Uganda's President Museveni.

Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.

Trevor Mwamba was detained last month with other opposition figures and charged with treason, his son says.

Trevor Mwamba was detained last month with other opposition figures and charged with treason, his son says.

Junta leader Ibrahim Traoré wants the country to profit more from its mineral wealth.

Kijanangoma is being crowned amid a dispute over a young heir whom the royal clan does not recognise.

Giulio Regeni's tortured body was found days after he went missing on a research trip to Egypt in 2016, while studying at Cambridge University.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience".

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience".

Investigations are ongoing to establish the identities of at least 28 people whose remains were recovered by police.

Crowds have gathered in Lagos to watch Ben Dancer, who says he will carry on dancing until Tuesday morning.

Seven rebel groups from across Ethiopia have announced a new alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

Seven rebel groups from across Ethiopia have announced a new alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

Relatives of the victims tell the BBC they are relieved to finally have a ruling 12 years after the crash.

Cape Verde's World Cup hero Vozinha says he craves the "peace and tranquillity" of the life he led before he shot to fame.

Brown is accused of "killing, directing or encouraging" the deaths of members of the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda. He denies wrongdoing.