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07.08.2024 03:40 After experiencing regular power cuts for 17 years there are signs things are now working properly.

07.08.2024 03:40 Four nations have just one athlete at the Games - it's a hard, lonely experience, they say, but also a source of pride.

07.08.2024 03:40 Imane Khelif will fight for Olympic gold on Friday after putting aside the controversy surrounding her gender eligibility.

07.08.2024 03:40 Uganda's defending Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai is dethroned by Kenyan-born Bahraini Winfred Yavi in the women's 3000m steeplechase final.

06.08.2024 23:01 The controversial Pastor Mboro appears to have forced his way into a primary school while wielding machetes.

06.08.2024 17:30 The army chief warns that it is a "treasonable offence" to fly the flag of a foreign country.

06.08.2024 17:30 The uncle of boxer Imane Khelif, whose Olympics has been hit by a gender eligibility row, says she's faced "bullying".

06.08.2024 17:30 Kenya's most-decorated runner, Eliud Kipchoge is aiming to become the first Olympian to win three successive marathon gold medals.

06.08.2024 17:30 Dominic Lobalu could provide a first athletics medal for the Refugee Olympic Team when he competes in the 5,000m at Paris 2024.

06.08.2024 12:30 A look at Lesotho, where more people take their own lives than anywhere else in the world.

06.08.2024 02:30 Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet wins a dramatic gold in the women's 5,000 metres at Paris 2024 as Faith Kipyegon is reinstated to second place.

05.08.2024 21:50 Security forces in Somalia's Jubaland state are waging a "fight" against the niqab, a police boss says.

05.08.2024 21:50 Relatives say Abubakar Adam Abdullahi, 24, was shot dead by police during protests against the high cost of living.

05.08.2024 07:10 Kyiv has been accused of helping plan an ambush on Malian soldiers and the Russian mercenaries fighting alongside them.

05.08.2024 02:20 The popular singer's career spanned 20 years and multiple hits.