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Africa Live: Alarm as 'dangerous' suspects escape Namibia cell

The suspects, who were awaiting trial for serious crimes, escaped through a roof in a daring mid-night cell break - and more stories

Protest and pain - Kenya's month-long doctors' strike

Patients have been left without access to crucial services at state hospitals for a month.

Watching my country fall apart day-by-day

Zeinab Mohammed Salih reflects on what has happened to Sudan since fighting broke out a year ago.

Three Nigerian sisters killed after car hits them

The driver is due to appear in court on a charge of reckless driving, police say.

Controversial half marathon result being investigated

Organisers of the Beijing half marathon will investigate allegations that three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner He Jie to win Sunday's race.

Zambia's Kalaba 'critical but stable' after crash

Former Zambia captain Rainford Kalaba suffers internal injuries following a fatal car accident on Saturday.

The children living between starvation and death

Millions have fled Sudan's year-long civil war and hunger is now leading to the deaths of many children.

'I survived the ferry disaster - but lost 17 of my family'

Muaziza Ambaraje is one of the few people to escape alive after a boat sank off the coast of Mozambique.

Happy horsemen and replica guns: Africa's top shots

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

Parched and shrinking - vital Moroccan dam dries up

Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country's main water sources.

The battle for Cape Town - digital nomads vs locals

The beautiful South African city is a magnet for laptop-wielding remote workers, but not everyone is happy.

Sudan War: 'Tell me how to make it stop'

Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.

Watch: Bus passengers rescued from flood waters

The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.

Watch: Moment Russ Cook finishes length of Africa run

Russ Cook, nicknamed "Hardest Geezer", has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.

'My first time home 30 years after I fled a genocide'

The BBC's Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to survivors of the Rwanda genocide violence 30 years after she fled.

Who is Senegal's unlikely new president?

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal's fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar.

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