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Food prices are rising, the currency's value is falling and investor confidence is shaken.

Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashes the women's half marathon world record at the Antrim Coast event in Northern Ireland.

Agnes Sithole became an unlikely hero after her husband of nearly 50 years tried to sell their home.

Italian coastguards rescue 539 people from a small fishing boat believed to have set off from Libya.

As Strictly prepares to return to our screens next month another South African dancer has joined the professionals.

A couple who 30 years ago bought an abused chimpanzee are now trying to save a subspecies.

Nairobi is notorious for its traffic jams but this was the worst many residents can remember.

Kenya's Samburu women say selling goats' milk to an elephant sanctuary gives them independence.

The students from an Islamic school in Tegina were abducted by gunmen last May.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Nigerian powerlifter Latifat Tijani becomes the first African to win gold at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

The UK government should exempt African international footballers to allow them to travel to World Cup qualifiers, Caf says.

The three-metre whale was found in Egypt and has been named after Anubis, the ancient god of death.

Seasonal vaccines and drugs could save millions of young lives in Africa, researchers say.

Deputy President William Ruto is portraying himself as the champion of the poor ahead of elections.

It is believed to be the first time this behaviour of giant tortoises has been documented.

South Africa's wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane is aiming for a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Cameroon coach Antonio Conceicao says Liverpool defender Joel Matip turned down his invitation to return to the Indomitable Lions.

The decision moves Mauritius a symbolic step closer to wresting UK control of the archipelago.

The country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.