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Africa Eye investigated widespread abuse of codeine cough syrup which left many Nigerians addicted.

Stories have been spreading about Canada "begging" individual countries for a million immigrants.

Testimonies before a truth commission are revealing the horrors of ex-Gambian President Jammeh's rule.

Janine van Wyk will lead South Africa out at the Women's World Cup for the first time.

Activists say a paramilitary unit killed at least 100 people, dumping 40 bodies in the river Nile.

Esperance are ordered to return their African Champions League trophy and replay the second-leg of the final after controversy.

Rohit Sharma scores an unbeaten 122 to guide India to a straightforward six-wicket win against South Africa in their opening World Cup match.

The camel trader turned military leader has been accused of a string of human rights abuses.

The drug dispenser removes the need to queue at pharmacies, and means people can collect them anonymously.

Egyptian athlete Manal Rostom is the first woman in a hijab to be featured in a Nike campaign.

At least eight officers died when militants struck a checkpoint in the peninsula's restive north.

Hostility to medical staff is hindering efforts to tackle the deadly disease.

Campaigners want to stop the construction of a power station that would raise greenhouse gas emissions by 700%.

The IAAF says it will seek a "swift reversal" of the decision that allows Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya to temporarily compete without taking medication.

Paramilitaries fan out across Khartoum, witnesses say, after Monday's deadly crackdown.

A look at how businesses in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya fared during the month of Ramadan.

A South African petrol attendant who came to the aid of a motorist reassures those who gave him money.

The BBC's Fergal Keane looks at the Janjaweed's history for signs Sudan's protests would turn deadly.

Millions of pounds laundered by Sani Abacha have been recovered by Jersey and the United States.

The Court of Arbitration of Sport dismisses a case brought by Comoros over Cameroon's participation at the Africa Cup of Nations.