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The women, aged 19 and 20, were working as volunteers for a Toronto-based charity.

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya says she will not take testosterone-reducing drugs in order to compete and will instead target other events.

Brighton and Hove Albion's Leon Balogun and Ini-Abasi Umotong play table football and have a chat.

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya cruises to victory at 2,000m at the Meeting de Montreui - her first race since filing an appeal against the IAAF's ruling to restrict testosterone levels in female runners.

The fashion world has been parading through Senegal's capital, with futuristic designs the talk of Dakar Fashion week.

Sixteen-year-old Peter is a stateless citizen, which means he won't be able to finish his schooling.

Protest and military leaders will return to the negotiating table soon, an Ethiopian mediator says.

A five-year-old boy is the first case confirmed in Uganda, after outbreak kills hundreds in DR Congo.

The 108 people are sheltering in a school after attackers killed 95 people in central Mali.

She took the exams in hospital because she did not want to wait another year to graduate.

The High Court decision is a landmark case and contrasts with Kenya's recent ruling against gay sex.

Witnesses contradict the official narrative of events given on a government propaganda trip in Sudan.

Up to 40 inmates inmates from one prison were buried in April after reportedly dying of malnutrition.

Tibor Nagy will urge the country's military leaders to stop their attacks on civilians.

A header by Kadeisha Buchanan, voted best young player at the 2015 Women's World Cup, ensures Canada open their 2019 campaign with a win over Cameroon.

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya is named in South Africa's preliminary squad for the World Championships.

A local official says the bodies of the dead have been burned in the village in central Mali.

Most shops and businesses close as the opposition urges civil disobedience.

Senegalese artist Boubou went viral after painting showbiz stars with dumbbells and boxing gloves.

A school in Nigeria is accepting empty plastic bottles in exchange for payment of school fees.