Meet Noemi Alphonse, the wheelchair racer looking to create history for Mauritius at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Germany could use housing funded by the UK to process some asylum seekers in Rwanda, official suggests.

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

The BBC sees first-hand the desperation of Sudanese people affected by the civil war and hunger crisis.

The 33-year-old Olympian died on Thursday, days after being set on fire by her ex-boyfriend.

Friends, family and the athletics community pay tribute to Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei.

Marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was doused in petrol after returning home from church.

Zimbabwe head coach Michael Nees says his return to the country that hosted his first taste of international management means he has "closed the circle".

Nigeria and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman is the only African on the 30-man shortlist for football's most prestigious individual award.

Two NI women say hoards of passengers have been left without clothes and medication.

Widower Rodrick Lodge, 69, is now living in a shelter after losing his entire life savings.

The US Secretary of State will visit Haiti this week to discuss its "democratic transition”.

Africa is home to 54 countries and it has the youngest population in world, but the majority of the continent’s leaders are elderly, many in their seventies upwards, like the president of Cameroon, Paul Biya who is in his early nineties.

Increasingly, the younger generations are publicly demanding change, but those presidents who have occupied the same role for decades, with no sign of stepping down, are not seen as representative of what these young people want.

Some countries in Africa, like Senegal, have already bucked the trend. In April this year, they appointed Africa’s youngest democratically elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who is in his early forties.

And a number of African countries have already eased barriers for young adults entering politics. But whilst it doesn’t mean necessarily that younger leaders will always be better, the expectation is they will engage meaningfully with the high percentages of young people in their countries on issues that will shape their futures.

So this week on The Inquiry, we’re asking ‘Are Africa’s leaders too old to govern the young?

Contributors: Dr Adem Kassie Abebe, Senior Advisor, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, The Netherlands. Vice President, African Network of Constitutional Lawyers, South Africa. Achaleke Christian Leke, Executive Director, Local Youth Corner Cameroon. Boluwatife Ajayi, Senior Programs Associate for the Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative, Nigeria Kholood Khair, Political Analyst and Researcher, Founder and Director of Confluence Advisory, formerly based in Sudan.

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producer: Jill Collins Researcher: Matt Toulson Editor: Tara McDermott Technical Producer: Richard Hannaford Broadcast Co-ordinator: Jacqui Johnson

Image Credit: Afolabi Sotunde/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Israel's prime minister insists his forces will not leave the Philadelphi corridor between Gaza and Egypt.

Eswatini officials dismiss allegations the marriage is a political arrangement.

Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen joins Galatasaray on a season-long loan from Napoli.

Daniel Mthimkhulu claimed to have engineering degrees - but had only finished high school.

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The Nigerian is heading to Turkish club Galatasaray on loan, but why was it so hard for the African Player of the Year to find a move after falling out with Napoli?

Nigerian Mariam Eniola Bolaji is the first African to win a medal in badminton at the Paralympics.