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Two South Africa footballers become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic athletes' village.

People rushed to the scene of the crash to siphon petrol when the explosion occurred.

Abir Moussi uses a megaphone in parliament and gets death threats but many say her voice is crucial.

After a lifetime in captivity, Joshi is going to live in the jungle in Congo-Brazzaville.

Louis Oosthuizen takes a one-stroke lead into the final day of The Open at Royal St George's after holding off Collin Morikawa.

Al Ahly can win a tenth African Champions League on Saturday in Morocco, where they face first-time finalists Kaizer Chiefs.

Africa gives its backing to staging the World Cup every two years in spite of also hosting the African Cup of Nations biennially.

Some analysts say the violence wasn't spontaneous anger but a deliberate strategy of sabotage.

Kenya's Taekwondo star Faith Ogallo hopes to win a medal in Tokyo - to raise environmental awareness.

Some $1bn worth of stock was stolen in KwaZulu-Natal and at least 800 shops looted, an official says.

The Uganda Olympic Committee says a weightlifter is missing from a training camp in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Games.

We've looked at some examples of misleading images and videos, claiming to be from the current protests.

"War is inevitable - it is ethnic cleansing," says an Ethiopian doctor who has escaped to Sudan.

The government said it would deploy 25,000 troops, after days of widespread looting and violence.

Al Ahly's South African coach Pitso Mosimane admits he is 'conflicted' by taking on Kaizer Chiefs in Saturday's Champions League final.

Days of widespread violence and looting prompt the biggest deployment since the end of apartheid.

Morocco’s Asmaa Niang will be competing in judo. This will be her second Games – but her Olympic career was sparked by her childhood dreams of being a superhero.

More than 100 developing countries set out key demands ahead of the climate summit in Glasgow.

Namibia is suffering one of the world's worst outbreaks of Covid, as ex-footballer Marley Ngarizemo can testify.

Marital rape has long been a taboo issue in Egypt, but now victims are beginning to speak out.