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The aircraft crashed into a populated area shortly after take-off from Goma airport.

People in DR Congo spend 26% of the average income to get online - a luxury too far for many.

The Congolese basketballer racks up millions of views cooking unusual food on YouTube.

The mummies, including cats, crocodiles, cobras, were found at the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo.

Galatasaray's Democratic Republic of Congo defender Christian Luyindama is to undergo surgery on a knee injury and could face a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

An extra-time goal from Ramadan Sobhi helps Egypt beat Ivory Coast 2-1 as they win the 2019 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil.

At least 24 people are feared dead after heavy rain sparks deadly landslides in western Kenya.

A new museum, funded by South Korea, may pave the way to the repatriation of items taken during colonisation.

Local officials are investigating allegations against Father Luk Delft, a convicted paedophile.

Ghana lose on penalties once again as South Africa win to clinch a place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Not everyone agrees with the plan to merge the ethnically-based parties in the governing coalition.

Ten roads, including one of the main roads in the capital, will be renamed after President Mnangagwa.

Fraudster Jean-Claude Lacote and his partner Hilde van Acker are wanted for shooting Marcus Mitchell.

The South African Football Association turns down an approach to host the next year's Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Weather conditions in Cameroon cited for uncertainty, raising prospect of return to January/February. All the details from CAF's ex-co meeting in Cairo.

A UN resolution in May gave the UK six months to hand back control to Mauritius.

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

'Village doctor' Beatrice Lokwawi explains how she uses beads to diagnose people with pneumonia.

Almost 250,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to have been infected in 2019.

Egypt's under-23 coach Shawky Gharib says it is too early to say if he will pick Liverpool's Mohamed Salah for next year's Olympics in Tokyo.