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05.01.2024 05:31 What next for the former Paralympic champion as he is freed on parole 11 years after murdering his girlfriend?

05.01.2024 05:31 The athlete, who ran on carbon-fibre prosthetics, murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

05.01.2024 05:31 A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

04.01.2024 19:50 The Hollywood star was moved by the BBC story of the student who pedalled 4,000km to get to a university.

04.01.2024 19:50 Just 107 overs are bowled as India beat South Africa in the shortest Test to produce a winner in the history of the game.

03.01.2024 18:20 West African leaders are trying to broker a deal for Ernest Bai Koroma to go into exile, the BBC understands.

03.01.2024 18:20 Algeria defender Youcef Atal is handed an eight-month suspended sentence by a French court for inciting religious hatred in a social media post about the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

03.01.2024 14:00 South African photographer Gavin Barker picks out some of his favourite images from the past 25 years of the Africa Cup of Nations.

03.01.2024 08:50 South Africa accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, triggering Israeli outrage.

03.01.2024 03:40 The president waged a nationalist campaign, while the opposition was divided.

02.01.2024 18:00 In an angry reaction, Somalia says the Ethiopia-Somaliland deal is a violation of its sovereignty.

02.01.2024 18:00 Nandre Burger laughs off criticism from Kevin Pietersen that he is too smiley on the cricket pitch.

02.01.2024 12:51 After scoring a global hit with her summer anthem Water, Tyla comes fourth in the BBC Sound of 2024.

01.01.2024 22:21 The prime minister of the landlocked country has said that sea access was an existential question.

01.01.2024 12:50 Kenya's Beatrice Chebet breaks the women's world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.