Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles swooped on a remote village on Friday, looting shops and setting houses ablaze.

The authorities had justified the ban by saying online content was fuelling conflict, while the opposition had condemned it as an abuse of power.

That Girl Boina's post about why she had closed her beauty parlour struck a nerve with other small business owners.

Police have launched a manhunt for the building's owner and contractor after the multi-storey building collapsed while still under construction.

Young black creatives are continuing a tradition of carving out spaces to dance, connect and belong.

She was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher's healthcare system during their long siege and subsequent takeover of the city in Darfur a year ago.

Reigning world women's marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir is provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after a sample tests positive for EPO.

A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher's healthcare system.

This is President Peter Mutharika's fifth visit to South Africa this year.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

Her husband is currently in isolation but has not developed any symptoms, Swiss officials say.

Lewis Hamilton addresses concerns on human rights grounds about holding an African Grand Prix in Rwanda by saying people should "approach it with humility".

Abu Agila Mas'ud al-Marimi had claimed he was victim of an illegal rendition when he was transferred into US custody.

The attack on the unidentified victim follows a wave of anti-migrants protests in South Africa this year.

The Swiss government told the BBC that the freed national was on her way back to Switzerland.

Members of a Kenyan community will work with Kendal Museum to "retell the story" of the collection.

The wife of a diplomat based in Abuja travelled to Kampala for a vacation.

The female patient, who sources have told the BBC is not Nigerian, is in isolation and in an Abuja hospital.

The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya but the government tries to reassure people.