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The health workers going to great lengths to deliver vital supplies in the fight against measles in DR Congo.

It comes a week after Ethiopia's air force warned it would defend the $4.8bn dam against any attack.

With only seven doctors per 100,000 people, Senegal has been praised for its handling of coronavirus.

Videos shared on social media appear to show officers extorting money and even shooting people. 

World record holder Eliud Kipchoge is beaten in the London Marathon as Shura Kitata wins a thrilling sprint finish to claim an unexpected victory.

Maltreatment of adults with mental illness and children living with relatives has shocked Nigerians.

One holidaymaker stuck in London says her government's fees to return home are too high.

August Agboola Browne is thought to have been the only black person in the Polish resistance.

Kenenisa Bekele's much-anticipated London Marathon duel with Eliud Kipchoge is off as the Ethiopian pulls out of Sunday's race with a calf injury.

Thousands of Ethiopian detainees are facing "unimaginable cruelty", Amnesty International says.

A group of Nigerian-Irish teens have developed the Memory Haven app to help people with dementia.

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

As the African nation continues to ban the import of used US clothes, China takes advantage.

Nigeria's greatest challenge on its 60th anniversary remains its diversity, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

The leader of the group said they had come to claim Africa's stolen property from a Paris museum.

Ghanaian artist AY Poyoo is a comedian turn musician and a self-proclaimed face of Ghanaian hip-hop scene.

Félicien Kabuga was arrested in Paris in May after 26 years on the run - police say he used 28 aliases.

Ernest Bai Koroma is among more than 100 people named by an inquiry into corruption allegations.

Ajara Samba plays international football for The Gambia, studies and works as she aims to break into sports administration in the future.

Africa's most populous country is set to mark 60 years of independence from British rule.