South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience".

Investigations are ongoing to establish the identities of at least 28 people whose remains were recovered by police.

Crowds have gathered in Lagos to watch Ben Dancer, who says he will carry on dancing until Wednesday morning.

Seven rebel groups from across Ethiopia have announced a new alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

Relatives of the victims tell the BBC they are relieved to finally have a ruling 12 years after the crash.

Brown is accused of "killing, directing or encouraging" the deaths of members of the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda. He denies wrongdoing.

Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa wins the Berlin Marathon but narrowly misses out on breaking the women's world record because of injury.

The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence.

The deaths have sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence against women in the country.

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah is left out of his nation's forthcoming match against South Sudan because it will be played on artificial turf.

Exploring the issues behind the escalation of tensions between the TPLF and the national army.

Roelf Meyer tells the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him legitimacy to challenge Trump's claim of a genocide.

During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world.

The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.

A resident of Mekelle says the city is calm but people are stressed after the outbreak of fighting in the region.

The military says its soldiers inflicted casualties as fears grow of a resumption of a full-blown civil war.

African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.

Patrick Vieira and Herve Renard are among the high-profile managerial arrivals as the qualification campaign for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations gets under way.

The UK is reviewing its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the defence secretary has said.

There are fears of a return to war in the northern region as tensions between the government and TPLF escalate.