Cricket: Zimbabwe’s Langton Rusere makes history

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Zimbabwe's Langton Rusere becomes cricket's first black African to umpire a Test match.

Tegla Loroupe says athletes using high-tech shoes are ‘cheating’

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Former marathon world record holder Tegla Loroupe says athletes using running shoe technology are "cheating" and it is "almost like doping".

South Sudan: Men’s football coach Ashu Cyprian Besong on a decade of progression

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South Sudan men's football coach Ashu Cyprian Besong says the team are progressing a decade after being created.

Somali president in poll U-turn to stop Mogadishu clashes

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His two-year extension provoked three days of clashes and forced up to 100,000 from their homes.

Kenya: Fighting to save Watamu’s endangered sea turtles

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Poaching and habitat encroachment are threatening Watamu's green turtles who are on the verge of being endangered.

Kenyans bitter over al-Qaeda US embassy compensation snub

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Kenyan victims of 1998 US embassy bombing lament exclusion from $335m compensation deal.

Burkina Faso ambush: Spaniards and Irishman killed after abduction

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Two Spanish journalists, an Irish national and a local soldier were abducted by gunmen on Monday.

What’s next for Chad after the army led by Mahamat Déby Itno took over?

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What role, in the Sahel region, does Chad have since the killing of President Idriss Deby?

Concerns over Olympic Refugee Team

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Tegla Loroupe, head of the Olympic Refugee Team, says some athletes 'cannot' be chosen to compete in Tokyo this year.

Nigeria: The community that trades by barter instead of money

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This Nigerian community still practices trade by barter, where goods are exchanged instead of money.