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Venture capitalists are getting excited by the opportunities that new transport apps are providing.

The father and son were accused of shouting abuse at a Brighton player and their fans.

At least 37 people have died and people are thought to be trapped underground, officials say.

Railway officials in Egypt arrested following the death of a man travelling without a ticket.

US lawmakers tell the planemaker they fear it put profit over safety when getting the 737 Max approved.

South Africa coach Molefi Ntseki says squad consistency is important as he names the 25 players for November's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Defending Algerian champions USM Alger are facing an uncertain future with the club's owner in jail facing fraud and money laundering charges.

TB is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and kills 1.5 million people each year.

Veteran coach worried the timing of the new Club World Cup could be the end of Afcon in its current form.

Residents say they prefer their traditional stone-built homes to Ethiopia's "shining cities".

Scientists say the possible homeland of all humans alive today is an area south of the Zambesi River.

Nigerian centenarian Jessie Onuigwe still works the land to provide for her 120-strong family.

Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park is home to 1,000 mountain gorillas.

Egypt coach Hossam El Badry recalls Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah after resting him for a recent international friendly.

Veteran Burkina Faso striker Aristide Bance scores a hat-trick for Guinea's Horoya in the first leg of a Confederation Cup play-off.

For Ibrahim Halawa, what began as a family holiday in 2013 became four years in an Egyptian prison.

Parents find their children maltreated in what they thought were Islamic rehabilitation centres.

Giovanni Hänninen says the portraits he shot in Tambacounda, Senegal "represent everyone's history".

A Finnish couple keep up the very Finnish tradition even in the East African heat.

John Steenhuisen is chosen to head the Democratic Alliance as it struggles with a race row.