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Seventy-one Nigerien soldiers were killed in a militant raid last week.

The professional hunters had shot dead a collared elephant in Botswana, angering conservationists.

The African continent is more vulnerable than any other region to the world's changing weather patterns.

Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge is voted Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year.

Former Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis scores the winner as Al Hilal beat Esperance Sportive de Tunis 1-0 to reach the Fifa Club World Cup semi-finals.