The warning comes following a Barnsley woman's death from the disease after catching it abroad.

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu orders security officials to bring an end to the killings.

Edgar Lungu's family accuses the government of deviating from the agreed funeral programme.

A video goes viral showing female students being checked to see if they were wearing bras.

Yvonne Ford had light contact with the stray dog while on holiday in Morocco, her family says.

Televangelist Gilbert Deya has died in an accident and at least 30 other people are reportedly injured.

Protesters, angry with the death of a blogger in custody, demand the sacking of a senior policeman.

His widow tells the BBC his last words from a police station in Nairobi were: "I'll see you soon."

Etienne Davignon, 92, is accused of involvement in the detention of Patrice Lumumba before he was killed in 1961.

South Africa legend AB de Villiers says there is "still work to be done" on the World Test Championship format despite the Proteas' unforgettable victory.

Mali will have a majority stake in the plant asserting its "economic sovereignty", the military leader says.

A previous law that activists said was used to silence opponents was struck down by the Supreme Court.

The Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo has attracted global fame for his bold and sensual portraits. He paints bodies and faces using his fingertips instead of a brush, capturing form through direct, tactile gestures.

When he went to art school in Vienna, he was struck by the extent to which Black subjects had been overlooked in global art. Determined to change the status quo, he drew inspiration from early 20th Century Viennese artists like Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele and added his own techniques to invent a fresh new style of portraiture.

Lucy Ash follows his preparations for a major new show at Gagosian in London. It involves a transformation of the gallery space into a full-scale recreation of a Ghanaian courtyard – just like the shared space in which he was raised. Boafo resurrected his Accra childhood with the help of his collaborator, Glenn De Roché, an architect famous for community buildings which use reclaimed materials and with an artist friend who produced a set of playing cards, especially for the event.

The war is in strategic stalemate, but Sudan is no-one's priority - an orphan in a region that is ablaze.

Eliud Lagat has been under pressure to resign after lodging the complaint that saw the blogger's arrest.

At least 29 people were killed in Kinshasa as homes were swept away in unusually big downpours.

The row caused consternation with some wondering how they should mourn former leader Edgar Lungu.

A legacy of apartheid means some black students have to go the extra mile to get a decent education.

Mogadishu's rapid expansion after decades of war is giving unexpected opportunities in a male-dominated society.

Conflict between nomadic herders and settled farmers over land and resources are common in the region.