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Friends of the stabbed 21-year-old Kenyan woman recount to the BBC events on the night she went missing.

Officials are on high alert after the 2019 presidential election result was annulled due to vote tampering.

Five North Americans were arrested after the raid on a farm in the east of the country, officers say.

Evans Kibet, now being held in Ukraine after surrendering, says he did not know he was signing up.

Luca Zidane, the son of France's World Cup-winning playmaker Zinedine, switches his international allegiance from France to Algeria.

Local activists and residents describe the early morning attack on worshippers.

The maternity cleaner was allegedly seeking potential buyers for the body tissue when she was picked up.

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

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

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

Some commercial workers in Afriland Towers jumped out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started.

Despite opposition to the deal, Ghana's president says 40 more deportees will arrive from the US.

The parties of both President Lazarus Chakwera and his main rival, Peter Mutharika, say they won Tuesday's poll.

A specialist took the gold artefact from a Cairo museum and sold it through a jeweller, officials say.

Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.

Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.

Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.

Marguerite Gnakadé has become a vocal critic of Togo's long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé.

Police suspect some of the victims were accused of witchcraft by others on the boat that had travelled from Senegal.

A photo of the 3,000-year-old bracelet has been sent to airports, seaports and border crossings to stop it being smuggled out of the country.