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President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was forced to resign on Tuesday after being detained by soldiers.

Health experts express "cautious optimism" that "the curve is beginning to bend" in Africa.

The snake, bird and cat, from Swansea University's collection, are at least 2,000 years old.

An 11-year-old Nigerian boy, whose ballet dancing in the rain went viral, is offered a scholarship in the US.

President Keïta was forced to resign after being detained by soldiers.

The UN reports the deaths of at least 45 people in the largest shipwreck off Libya's coast this year.

Brazil-born Jose Clayton is 'in love with Tunisia' and still lives there more than 25 years after moving to North Africa to play football.

The 16-year-old from Sudan, whose body was found at Sangatte, Calais, reportedly went missing at sea.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced his resignation on Tuesday after being detained by soldiers.

Satellite images capture tug boats trying to remove the broken vessel, which spilled tonnes of oil.

A small-scale Tanzanian mining company finds three of the rare gemstones in as many months.

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta steps down, after being detained by soldiers, state TV reports.

Nigeria's Mpape Crushed Rock is an unlikely tourist sensation for fun-seekers near the capital, Abuja.

An ex-BBC journalist on his ordeal and how his friend was amongst the 20 people to die in the attack.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé are detained in an apparent coup attempt.

France and regional bloc Ecowas have condemned the mutiny that began with gunfire early on Tuesday.

China-based sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga are helping put Malawi on the women's football map.

For the first time in weeks cigarettes and alcohol sales are allowed as virus restrictions are eased.

Crew members say there was a birthday party on the ship the day it ran aground, according to police.

The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s.