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Their 15-year sentence triggered a diplomatic row resulting in the recalling of the US ambassador.

A union says the health ministry bears "full responsibility" for doctors' deaths from Covid-19.

The 50 return home a month after a woman working as a maid in Beirut was found for sale on Facebook.

The government is to ease lockdown restrictions and allow the sale of alcohol - but not cigarettes.

Some medics have refused to work and elderly people have been dying, writes Zeinab Mohammed Salih.

Cyril Ramaphosa said the worst is still ahead while announcing an ease in lockdown measures.

South Africa's Mponeng gold mine only resumed operations in April following a national lockdown.

With mosques closed in some countries because of Covid-19, Eid feels a bit different this year.

Life for children whose parents work on the frontline against Covid-19 has changed.

Félicien Kabuga outwitted Rwandan genocide prosecutors by using 28 aliases and powerful connections.

The BBC's Mercy Juma had to watch her cousin's burial online - until her internet connection failed.

A Dubai-based couple are still stuck at a deserted resort, more than two months after their wedding.

African firms tell the BBC how they are solving problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The singer, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, dies in Guinea.

President Magufuli says cases are falling, but the government hasn't released new official figures. What do we know?

South Africa's star long jumper Luvo Manyonga, who famously overcame a drug addiction to win a world title in 2017, is in trouble with the law again.

Augustin Bizimana was defence minister when about 800,000 people were killed in 100 days.

Private Joseph Hammond is fundraising for frontline workers and vulnerable veterans across Africa.

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

Cyriel Dessers, who finished the Dutch Eredivisie season as joint top scorer, says missing out on his Nigeria debut because of the Covid-19 crisis 'was painful'.