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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has found himself in a conflict less than a year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Col Malick Diaw becomes head of the interim legislative body, the National Transition Council.

President Sall leads tributes to the player who scored the goal that beat France in the 2002 World Cup.

The US has about 700 personnel in the country targeting al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.

England's one-day international series against South Africa will begin on Sunday after the hosts' players tested negative for Covid-19.

"It is really scary. It is really difficult," a resident of the Tigray capital, Mekelle, shouts down the line.

England's tour of South Africa is in doubt after a player tested positive for coronavirus. How did it happen - and what now?

Clashes in many parts of the Tigray region mean there is still no access, UN officials say.

England's first one-day international against South Africa in Cape Town is called off after one of the hosts' players tests positive for coronavirus.

Their arrests had drawn widespread criticism from the UN, civil liberties groups and celebrities.

The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

He usually calls himself Adolf Uunona and insists he has no plans for world domination.

As 300 UK troops arrive in Mali, the BBC's Frank Gardner looks at the role of Islamist militants across Africa.

Nigeria-born Bahraini athlete Abbas Abubakar Abbas says Nigeria does not 'know how to handle' its young athletics talent.

Alieu Kosiah, 45, is accused of murder, rape, recruiting child soldiers and a host of other crimes.

Israel's PM speaks of tears in his eyes as he welcomes the group, the first of an expected wave.

A BBC reporter's relative fled to neighbouring Sudan by foot and boat, losing his shoes on the way.

Twenty ticketholders win in South Africa after the unusual sequence, sparking claims of fraud.

Former Nigeria stopper Dele Aiyenugba says European clubs 'don't trust' black keepers but things are improving.