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A BBC investigation exposes chronic failures in the health system in one of the poorest areas.

He is charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape and making girls marry militants.

Emna Charqui is sentenced to six months in Tunisia for a Facebook post imitating Islam's holy book.

Amit's relationship with Michelle was a secret for years because he feared his family's reaction.

Zumba dance classes are helping keep Kenyan health workers motivated during the coronavirus pandemic.

The youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president dies in Johannesburg.

Countries have taken different routes in lifting restrictions - and some are reinstating them.

While some back the government restrictions others say citizens are being blamed for state failures.

The 46-year-old woman from Washington DC was held for more than a year and lost $48,000, police say.

Christopher Aurier dies in hospital after being shot in the French city of Toulouse.

It is one of several restrictions introduced by President Ramaphosa amid rising infection rates.

Opposition leaders reject President Keïta's "nonsense" concessions as political unrest grows.

The ban on alcohol is lifted for non-Muslims, while the apostasy law and public flogging are scrapped.

There are fewer than 500 hirola living in the wild, down from thousands just 40 years ago.

A Zimbabwean woman is campaigning to get the machine fixed to avoid a mastectomy.

11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu is challenging ballet stereotypes.

Egypt sees the dam as an existential threat, while Ethiopia sees it as an existential necessity.

Why the global exhibition of one of Egypt’s greatest icons may actually be illegal.

Fake news and mistrust in the government mean a lot of Nigeria's population thinks the pandemic is a hoax.

Dubai has extradited "mrwoodbery" and "hushpuppi" to the US to face cyber fraud charges.

Zimbabwe's lockdown measures to combat the spread of coronavirus have led to economic and political crisis.

Somalia has been caught up in the US election campaign thanks to Donald Trump, writes Ismail Einashe.

The Madagascan president had suggested the Lengana plant would cure the disease.