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The UN reports the deaths of at least 45 people in the largest shipwreck off Libya's coast this year.

Brazil-born Jose Clayton is 'in love with Tunisia' and still lives there more than 25 years after moving to North Africa to play football.

The 16-year-old from Sudan, whose body was found at Sangatte, Calais, reportedly went missing at sea.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced his resignation on Tuesday after being detained by soldiers.

Satellite images capture tug boats trying to remove the broken vessel, which spilled tonnes of oil.

A small-scale Tanzanian mining company finds three of the rare gemstones in as many months.

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta steps down, after being detained by soldiers, state TV reports.

Nigeria's Mpape Crushed Rock is an unlikely tourist sensation for fun-seekers near the capital, Abuja.

An ex-BBC journalist on his ordeal and how his friend was amongst the 20 people to die in the attack.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé are detained in an apparent coup attempt.

France and regional bloc Ecowas have condemned the mutiny that began with gunfire early on Tuesday.

China-based sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga are helping put Malawi on the women's football map.

For the first time in weeks cigarettes and alcohol sales are allowed as virus restrictions are eased.

Crew members say there was a birthday party on the ship the day it ran aground, according to police.

The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s.

The fall of Col Gaddafi nine years ago unleased chaos in North Africa, which Egypt fears could spill over.

They have millions of followers, but Egypt's social media stars are paying a heavy price.

These young refugees cycle round the camp in South Sudan to provide trusted information on Covid-19.

In an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, the UK's first Muslim female referee discusses learning English, how she handles discrimination and her career goals.

Troops battle al-Shabab militants who stormed the Elite Hotel in the capital, Mogadishu.