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Sean Davison is to serve three years under house arrest for assisting three people to take their lives.

Three of four suspects guilty over 2015 militant raid on Kenya's Garissa University in which nearly 150 people died.

"Sent by a Samsung device" - a TV host slipped up as she announced the Egyptian ex-president's death.

Phumzile van Damme says she punched a white man in self-defence at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront.

Egypt says its former leader died of natural causes, and is critical of calls for an investigation.

Young musicians in Khartoum talk to the BBC about their hopes following the military crackdown.

The West African coast has long been a target for pirates, but it's getting even more dangerous.

It is thought thousands of children were born as a result of rape during the 1994 genocide.

Ethnic clashes that have displaced 300,000 people could impede action against the virus, UN warns.

Striker Percy Tau believes South Africa can put recent Africa Cup of Nations failures to one side as they seek a big impact in Egypt.

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she was used by the IAAF and fears other athletes are also at risk.

Lesotho gives condoms to its prison inmates to stop the spread of HIV.

The 67-year-old former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi died after collapsing in court.

Lack of competition means quality is poor and prices are high, a leading health expert tells the BBC.

Boko Haram is believed to be responsible for the attack that killed 30 people and left 40 injured.

Authorities are facing scrutiny after Mohammed Morsi, 67, died on Monday after collapsing in court.

Photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham captures close-up portraits of some of the world's most dangerous snakes.

Hosts France finish top of Group A after a twice-taken penalty by Wendie Renard against Nigeria in an incident-packed finish in Rennes.

Germany punish an error-strewn display from South Africa to finish top of Group B at the Women's World Cup.

Mohammed Morsi was Egypt's first democratically elected president before being overthrown in 2013.