Not the only flood

As the media focuses on Texas, social media users highlight disasters in other parts of the world.

2018 World Cup: Crucial games for Africa’s hopefuls

African champions Cameroon are among several nations who face a crucial week ahead as they aim to qualify for 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

Cameroon bans ‘opposition’ English-language TV channel

Authorities want to stop an English-language station amid Anglophones' anti-government protests.

Zipline plans Tanzania drone expansion

The company wants to open four distribution centres to serve thousands of medical centres in Tanzania.

Tunisia’s Aymen Abdennour loaned to Marseille from Valencia

Tunisia defender Aymen Abdennour decides on a return to France to play for Marseille on loan rather than a move to Russian side Zenit St Petersburg.

Losing your voice

Katrina Esau is working hard to save the language of her childhood from dying out - she is one of just three speakers, as the BBC's Pumza Fihlani discovers.

N|uu: S. Africa’s oldest San language on the edge of extinction

Listen to one of only three surviving speakers of South Africa's "critically endangered" N|uu language.

Nouha Dicko: Hull City sign Wolves striker for undisclosed fee

Hull City sign striker Nouha Dicko from fellow Championship club Wolves for an undisclosed fee.

Souare returns nearly a year after car crash

Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare made his first appearance since a car crash in September during an U23s defeat against Nottingham Forest.

Sone Aluko: Reading sign Nigeria forward from Fulham on four-year deal

Reading sign Nigeria forward Sone Aluko from fellow Championship side Fulham for a fee of about £7.5m on a four-year deal.