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Sudan has seen a violent crackdown against protesters, which the opposition says killed 108 people.

The students, aged 19 and 20, have been working as volunteers for a Toronto-based charity.

Esperance vow to fight order for Champions League replay while Wydad Casablanca will consider the ruling fully.

The President of the Confederation of African Football is detained for questioning in France as part of a corruption investigation.

Two-year-old son of a park staff member dies after being taken from a fenced-off area by the leopard.

Senegal's leader says he will not accept "false accusations" against his brother, following a BBC report.

South Africa women's captain Janine Van Wyk goes from having to play in boys' teams to the World Cup finals.

Africa Eye investigated widespread abuse of codeine cough syrup which left many Nigerians addicted.

Stories have been spreading about Canada "begging" individual countries for a million immigrants.

Testimonies before a truth commission are revealing the horrors of ex-Gambian President Jammeh's rule.

Janine van Wyk will lead South Africa out at the Women's World Cup for the first time.

Activists say a paramilitary unit killed at least 100 people, dumping 40 bodies in the river Nile.

Esperance are ordered to return their African Champions League trophy and replay the second-leg of the final after controversy.

Rohit Sharma scores an unbeaten 122 to guide India to a straightforward six-wicket win against South Africa in their opening World Cup match.

The camel trader turned military leader has been accused of a string of human rights abuses.

The drug dispenser removes the need to queue at pharmacies, and means people can collect them anonymously.

Egyptian athlete Manal Rostom is the first woman in a hijab to be featured in a Nike campaign.

At least eight officers died when militants struck a checkpoint in the peninsula's restive north.

Hostility to medical staff is hindering efforts to tackle the deadly disease.

Campaigners want to stop the construction of a power station that would raise greenhouse gas emissions by 700%.