Joy as record-breaking runner Sawe returns home

The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.

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DR Congo are back at the World Cup for the first time since 1974, with fans in Kinshasa celebrating the team's 1-0 play-off win over Jamaica.

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Lava from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano reached the Indian ocean for the first time in 19 years.

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Ramadan and Lent haven't overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together.

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Ethiopia unveils its first unmanned, 'smart' police station where citizens can report crimes on automated touch screens.

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At least 78 bodies have been buried, while it's feared that more than 170 people were killed altogether.

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Nearly 700,000 people have been affected by weeks of severe flooding in Mozambique

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Senegalese fans celebrate their team's victory at the Africa Cup of Nations.

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President Yoweri Museveni is in a commanding lead ahead of his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.

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Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

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Logistical problems lead to queues and some disgruntled voters as Ugandans elect their next president.

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According to reports, the boat had suffered motor failure before drifting to the edge of the dam.

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Residents of the main city express shock after soldiers tried to overthrow the president.

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A growing number of women in South Africa are learning to use guns to protect themselves against gender-based violence.

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Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show.

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Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

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Cameroon opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary is adamant that he's the winner of the presidential election.

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Colonel Michael Randrianirina is sworn in as the new president of Madagascar at a ceremony in the capital.

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Crowds celebrated in the streets of the capital Antananarivo after an elite army unit said it had seized power from the president.

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A Gen Z leader in Madagascar says he has put his UK university scholarship on hold to help organise the protests.

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