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Trevor Noah says he will "never" repeat a 2013 joke about Aboriginal women, after a renewed backlash.

BBC Sport looks at the performance of new Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita, who will wear Steven Gerrard's old number this year.

More than five million Zimbabweans are going to the polls on 30 July to vote in historic elections. But what makes it different from previous votes?

Hundreds of lives may have been saved during the latest Ebola outbreak after one key development.

The girl bled to death two days after being taken to a traditional circumciser in Somalia.

The Spanish Super Cup between Barcelona and Sevilla will be played as a single match in Morocco next month.

The men were shot dead in an ambush as they returned from the funeral of a colleague.

A TV school quiz show has Ghana gripped. We meet one of the contestants and follow him on the road to victory. But did he get there?

Martin Pistorius had locked-in syndrome for more than a decade. Now he's about to become a father.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa reassures white farmers ahead of a landmark election on 30 July.

Getayawkal Ayele convinced a family to let him try the miracle after telling the story of Lazarus.

Algeria hope to appoint a new manager in early August, according to the country's Football Federation (FAF) president, Kheireddine Zetchi.

The family and friends of Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed tell the BBC what he was like when he was young.

When Nigeria Air launches in December it will try and succeed in a region of African carriers straddled with heavy losses.

A Sudanese photojournalist says she faces mockery and verbal harassment for working in the country as a woman.

Russian club Torpedo Moscow cancel plans to sign defender Erving Botaka-Yoboma - but deny they have done so because he is black.

One of four police dogs at Dar es Salaam port, Hobby's skills also include sniffing out guns and drugs.

Kenyan tour operators allege Tanzanian actions are affecting its tourism industry.

Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - and fraudsters are trying to hack them.

One of Africa's most experienced referee Senegal's Malang Diedhiou retires after taking charge of three matches at the 2018 World Cup.