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Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.

Trevor Mwamba was detained last month with other opposition figures and charged with treason, his son says.

Junta leader Ibrahim Traoré wants the country to profit more from its mineral wealth.

Kijanangoma is being crowned amid a dispute over a young heir whom the royal clan does not recognise.

Giulio Regeni's tortured body was found days after he went missing on a research trip to Egypt in 2016, while studying at Cambridge University.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience".

Investigations are ongoing to establish the identities of at least 28 people whose remains were recovered by police.

Crowds have gathered in Lagos to watch Ben Dancer, who says he will carry on dancing until Tuesday morning.

Seven rebel groups from across Ethiopia have announced a new alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

Seven rebel groups from across Ethiopia have announced a new alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

Relatives of the victims tell the BBC they are relieved to finally have a ruling 12 years after the crash.

Cape Verde's World Cup hero Vozinha says he craves the "peace and tranquillity" of the life he led before he shot to fame.

Brown is accused of "killing, directing or encouraging" the deaths of members of the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda. He denies wrongdoing.

The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence.

Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa wins the Berlin Marathon but narrowly misses out on breaking the women's world record because of injury.

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah is left out of his nation's forthcoming match against South Sudan because it will be played on artificial turf.

Exploring the issues behind the escalation of tensions between the TPLF and the national army.

Roelf Meyer tells the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him legitimacy to challenge Trump's claim of a genocide.

During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world.

The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.