Aids deaths halve as more get drugs

One million people died from Aids last year, according to UNAids.

Surfer’s close encounter with shark… again

Mick Flanning was back at the beach where he was attacked by a shark in 2015.

Boko Haram suspects tortured in Cameroon, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says that the suspects are subjected to severe beatings and drowning.

Yousra Elbagir: Sudan’s ‘big and beautiful’ pills for women

In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir explores Sudanese women's appetite for weight gain pills.

South Africa’s Gupta scandal

Andrew Harding reports on the family accused of buying political influence in South Africa and the British PR firm mixed up in the scandal

Aston Villa sign Egypt’s Elmohamady

Aston Villa sign full-back Ahmed Elmohamady from Hull City for £1m on a three-year contract.

‘Her generosity cost her life’

Prudence Mabele was one of the first South African black women to say publicly she had HIV.

Three Kenyan men sentenced to death for stripping woman

The incident was recorded and shared widely on social media in Kenya three years ago.

Zimbabwe: Lion kills 10-year-old girl in Chiredzi

Zimbabwe police say the child was relieving herself at night when she was dragged away.