The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water – like Cape Town

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Cape Town’s taps are due to be turned off because of severe drought. It is not alone in having water woes.

Nigeria’s soil-free salad farm

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The entrepreneur growing greens in shipping containers.

Boko Haram releases 13 hostages to Nigerian government

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Ten women seized from a police convoy and three college lecturers taken during an oil trip are freed.

Senegal line-up four friendlies ahead of World Cup in Russia

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Senegal confirm friendly matches against Uzbekistan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Luxembourg and Croatia ahead of the World Cup in Russia.

Drought-hit Cape Town rejoices at rainfall

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Residents have been rationing their water use because of a very real risk the taps will run dry.

Elon Musk: The man who sent his sports car into space

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Elon Musk just launched the world's most powerful rocket. It's only a fraction of what he's up to.

The Truth and Reconciliation challenge

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After Apartheid, South Africans had to try to confront their brutal past without endangering their future.

The South London barber shop launching Afrobeats stars

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Hairdresser Nikky Okyere does more than style hair.

Somali President Mohamed ‘ready to fight al-Shabab’

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Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed tells the BBC that Somalia is on course to defeat the Islamist group

South Africa’s ‘Doom Pastor’ found guilty of assault

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Lethebo Rabalago, who sprayed his congregation with "healing" insecticide, is convicted of assault.