A court hears that Nkosinathi Phakathi, who mostly targeted children, is sentenced to multiple life terms.

Silver Star was inspired to write the song after his uncle was paralysed in a crash with a taxi.

Ella McLaughlin, a 23-year-old studying medicine, travelled to Kenya to learn about healthcare there.

Lack of testing and delays in getting the results have made curbing the virus's spread harder.

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

Chagossians claim they were repeatedly refused the chance to take part in negotiations behind the historic deal.

Governor Alison Blake's remarks come as Argentina vows "concrete action" to ensure the UK overseas territory is handed to Buenos Aires.

From floating in a pond in Vermont to slipping between space and the sky, five audio-makers offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature inspired by the elements.

Our last edition takes aether as its starting point, made by the composer and audio artist Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman. The visible and invisible world were heavily intertwined in pre-colonial Rwanda. Hunters would communicate with their ancestors and hunter spirits through very specific rituals, words, sounds and music: thus making aether, the most elusive element, almost graspable.

Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman’s oeuvre is a synthesis of radio art and musical theatre from an Afro-European perspective, and has been described as: pioneering, bold, provocative and delicate. She brings unique stories to life in an accessible and innovative way: often based on acoustic sounds and soundscapes that she moves around like 3D cinema for the ears. Her main focus is the (non) human voice, as well as her many personally gathered field recordings from East-Africa. She collaborates with other artists in a variety of disciplines and fields and has won many prizes at home and abroad. www.aurelielierman.be

Produced by Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3

A video circulating online shows the boat tilting to one side and then sinking just before it arrived.

DR Congo-born Dikembe Mutombo has been hailed for his humanitarian work across Africa following his death aged 58 from brain cancer.

In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

Most of the passengers were women and children on their way to celebrate the Muslim festival of Mawlid.

Meet Victor and Confidence Kipo, the young Nigerian siblings doing the trick when it comes to freestyle football.

The viral animation referred to a recent wave of abductions and killings of opposition activists.

Mr Brynin says he always wears his son's watch as it is the last thing that felt his heartbeat.

Gen Akol Koor Kuc has been moved to become governor of Warrup State, where insecurity is rife.

The award-winning music icon fell ill while on a music tour in Botswana last month, his management says.

The mural features six African-born women who worked at London's Guy's and St Thomas' hospital trust.

A drought has caused an electricity crisis as Zambia heavily relies on the hydro-powered Kariba Dam.

One of the worst famines in decades could be underway in Sudan, aid workers warn.