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Pro-marijuana activists cheer following a landmark ruling by the country's highest court.

Ireland, Sweden and Finland also suspend financial aid over corruption concerns.

South Africa midfielder Keagan Dolly undergoes successful surgery on the broken leg he suffered playing for his French club Montpellier.

Recent data shows that the national murder rate in South Africa is going up.

Amidst a collapse in public services, water supplies have become contaminated with untreated sewage.

Oscar Ekponimo's mobile app Chowberry connects people to supermarket food that would ordinarily end up in the bin.

Nigerian tech entrepreneur Oscar Ekponimo has invented an app which will help cut down on food waste.

A judge has awarded a judicial review of the case of the former UBS trader convicted of fraud.

Souleymane Coulibaly's move to Partick Thistle is in the balance with the Egyptian FA refusing to grant an international transfer certificate.

Not all girls who underwent the circumcision have been traced, a government official says.

The Referees' Association of Ghana bans six more referees for life and another 47 for 10 years each after an investigation into bribery.

Police in Brazil found $1.5m in cash and luxury watches worth $15m in two bags, local media say.

Kenyan runner Joseph Kiprono Kiptum hit by a car as he was leading a half marathon in Colombia.

Morocco's Raja Casablanca beat CARA 2-1 in Congo Brazzaville in the first leg of their African Champions League quarter-final.

Authorities say thousands of people have been forced from their homes and warn more floods could hit.

Angola's sports ministry says it regrets the deaths of five football fans in a crush at an African Champions League tie on Saturday.

The statue of the mythical beast was found as water was drained from a temple in the city of Aswan.

The deaths of three firemen leaves many feeling they reveal a reckless attitude to health and safety.

Young girls are sold to men as old as 90 in the custom still practised in Nigeria's Becheve community.

Is Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha a target for opponents and does he get enough protection from officials? BBC Sport finds outs.