Caf Champions League: Al Merreikh of Sudan crash out

2015 semi-finalists Al Merrikh of Sudan suffer a shock Caf Champions League exit at the hands of Township Rollers of Botswana.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram crisis: Dapchi anger over missing girls

The state government apologises for wrongly informing parents that some girls had been rescued.

Seychelles protects an area ‘as big as Britain’ in Indian Ocean

A novel deal with donors including Leonardo DiCaprio turned public debt into conservation funding.

Deportivo La Coruna sign Ghana’s Sulley Muntari

Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari inks a deal with Deportivo La Coruna until the end of the season.

UNStudio designs for EuropaCity

UNStudio’s ‘Centre Culturel’ has been selected in the largest private initiative architectural competition ever launched in France

Reinventing Le Harve

Hamonic+Masson & Associés are creating a unique residential project located at the nodal point of Le Havre’s history and reconstruction

Moment policeman catches falling child

He was guarding a bank in Asyut, Egypt, when he spotted the boy three floors above.

England will be Tunisia’s ‘toughest’ game – Maaloul

Tunisia international defender Ali Maaloul says England will be the 'toughest' team to beat in their 2018 World Cup group in Russia.

Why has Ethiopia imposed a state of emergency?

It follows the prime minister's shock resignation and the release of hundreds of political prisoners.

World Mother Language day: Tech words in your language

On World Mother Language day, BBC World Service colleagues tackle tech terms in their own languages.