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The scale and brutality of the sexual attacks is unprecedented and aimed at terrorising communities, the UN says.

Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso, had called the ICC an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression".

"Please do not take money away because you are taking lives away," Winnie Byanyima said.

Winger Antoine Semenyo's football journey began in the English lower leagues. BBC Sport charts his rise from Bath City to the World Cup, with Ghana poised to face England.

Edgar Lungu's family and the Zambian government remain in dispute 12 months after he died.

Aden Duale defied a High Court order to stop building work on a controversial US-funded facility.

Plans could yet be scuppered again over logistical issues and continued tensions and violence.

Plans could yet be scuppered again over logistical issues and continued tensions and violence.

Martha Karua is a lawyer representing detained Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye who is on trial for treason.

Aden Duale defied a High Court order to stop building work on a controversial US-funded facility.

Brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye speak to the BBC after getting hitched to twin sisters.

Brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye speak to the BBC after getting hitched to twin sisters.

US visa restrictions have left many of the team's fans at home, but the African diaspora is uniting in Harlem.

The prohibition is intended to boost the country's economy by refining gold domestically.

Martha Karua is a lawyer representing detained Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye who is on trial for treason.

Mohamed Salah and his teammates dance and celebrate with fans on the streets of Vancouver after Egypt won their first ever World Cup match.

Mohamed Salah and his teammates dance and celebrate with fans on the streets of Vancouver after Egypt won their first ever World Cup match.

Mohamed Salah and his teammates dance and celebrate with fans on the streets of Vancouver after Egypt won their first ever World Cup match.

Mohamed Salah fires Egypt to their first ever World Cup win - 92 years on from their tournament debut.

Mohamed Salah fires Egypt to their first ever World Cup win - 92 years on from their tournament debut.