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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's refusal to sign a deal to end an 18-month civil war was "mind-boggling", the chief mediator says.

South Africa's justice department is considering intervening to prevent Oscar Pistorius' early release from prison on Friday.

Africa's biggest basketball tournament is due to start in Tunisia, after a venue change following two deadly attacks on tourists this year.

A fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Heathrow Airport in 2013 was probably caused by a short circuit, air accident investigators say.

Laeila Adjovi reports on the children of Togo who are trafficked or used as child labour.

As the AfroBasket championship opens in Tunis, the BBC's Rana Jawad took the opportunity to test her basketball skills.

Reports in Nigeria say as many as 60 people may have been killed after a raid on a village in the north-east by suspected Boko Haram militants.

Rebels accuse South Sudan's government of resuming attacks after President Salva Kiir fails to sign a peace deal aimed at ending the civil war.

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Kenyan police name three men it believes to be the major recruiters of young Kenyans to Islamist terror groups, especially Somalia's al-Shabab.