A bail hearing begins in the case of two black women allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer.

Samuel Eto'o is banned from attending Cameroon games at all levels for six months following breaches of Fifa's disciplinary code by the country's federation president.

The crackdown was prompted by complaints from parents worried about their children getting addicted.

Aliou Cisse leaves his role as coach of Senegal's national side after a nine-and-a-half-year spell which included winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Fresh diplomatic attempts to negotiate a cessation of hostilities have failed to make progress.

The boats sank just 150 metres (492 feet) from a Djibouti beach, authorities say.

In 1989, South Africa became the first, and only country to make and then dismantle nuclear weapons.

The project was conducted at Kentron Circle, a secret weapons facility.

André Buys was plant manager and systems engineer at Kentron Circle and was involved in making the weapons.

He tells Gill Kearsley about his work on this once top-secret project.

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(Photo: André Buys and his son standing in front of the empty warhead storage vaults at the former Kentron Circle nuclear weapons facility. Credit: André Buys)

Kenya's deputy president, who faces impeachment, branded himself as "the truthful man".

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

Bola Tinubu says his controversial reforms are bearing fruit - protesters take to the streets regardless.

Eben Etzebeth can win 150 Test rugby caps after breaking South Africa's appearance record, according to Springbok great Victor Matfield.

Legislators in Kenya have started the process of removing the country's deputy president from office.

Young lawyer David Morara Kebaso has attracted a huge following for exposing alleged corruption.

Africans studying in Beirut are having to weigh up whether or not they should leave the country.

Their sex attack on a girl was filmed and circulated online, sending shockwaves through the country.

Authorities introduce new guidelines as the death toll from the highly contagious virus reaches eight.

The company that makes the porridge says it is investigating whether its product is linked to the deaths.

Tanzania is the latest African country to have an outbreak of the highly-infectious Marburg virus.

The BBC sets out to find the man allegedly behind a plot to smuggle 1.2 tonnes of cocaine to Europe.

The man, 35, reportedly agreed to show some visitors the lion's feeding routine after hours.