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South Africa's Akani Simbine breaks the African 100m record as Burkina Faso's Fabrice Hugues Zango sets a new continental mark for the triple jump.

The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become a source of tension in the region.

Egypt agrees a compensation deal with the impounded Ever Given's owners and insurers.

The children were seized by a group of armed men from a school in the north-west of the country.

The rebels, who have retaken much of the Ethiopian region, also insist Eritrean troops must withdraw.