Joshlin Smith has been missing for over a year after she disappeared outside her home in Saldanha Bay

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has not responded to accusations that he threatened to expel the Ecowas team.

DR Congo's prime minister tells the BBC her government will not sit down with the militants.

They say the move violates the ceasefire deal - Israel says it acted because Hamas was stealing aid supplies.

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

Rwanda-backed rebels said they captured fighters from a group that took part in the 1994 genocide.

The Conservative leader says she remains opposed to a deal, despite US President Donald Trump signalling support.

Scandal surrounds King Misuzulu's attempts to take a third wife - and to divorce his first one.

Thousands turn out to say farewell to Sam Nujoma who led the struggle against apartheid South Africa.

Officials say they are concerned that they will spread the contagious disease to the wider community.

The tropical cyclone left more than 180,000 homes without power and 170,000 without running water.

The US axes vital HIV/Aids funding, which South Africa's health minister says is a "wake-up call".

People are fleeing the continuing fighting in DRC across the river to neighbouring Burundi.

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

In 1953, in what was then the Belgian Congo, four-year-old Marie-José Loshi was forcibly removed from her family’s village and taken more than 600km away to live in a Catholic institute.

The cause of her kidnapping was the colour of her skin. Under Belgium’s colonial rule, thousands of mixed-race children were taken from their homes and separated from their families. The state hoped the actions would quash any sense of revolt against the colony.

More than 70 years later, Marie-José and four other women took on the former colonial power, seeking justice for themselves and the many other mixed-race children that suffered the same fate. She speaks to Kaine Pieri.

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Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.

(Photo: Marie-José Loshi. Credit: Marie-José Loshi)

A Kenyan pathologist says the injuries suffered by Campbell Scott were "too minor" to have caused his death.

Explosions during a rally held by a rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed at least 11 people and injured around 60 others.

Dualla Abdi stabbed Tyreece Scott in January last year and was caught because of his Louis Vuitton bag.

Videos show chaotic scenes with bodies on the streets in Bukavu, a city recently captured by the rebels.

The 14-year-old from London brought a case against his parents after being sent to school in Ghana.