Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City fail in appeal against striker’s six-match ban

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Bristol City fail in their appeal against striker Famara Diedhiou's six-match ban from the Football Association.

Wimbledon: Kevin Anderson calls for change to Grand Slam deciding set format

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Kevin Anderson calls for a rethink of the format of final sets in men's Grand Slams after his epic Wimbledon semi-final win.

Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki in historic Ethiopia visit

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The visit is expected to cement the two nations' landmark truce after two decades of tension.

Five places that have just broken heat records

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Global heat records have fallen this month, and not just where it's summer. So what's happening?

Kenya eye test app gives boy his sight back

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A smartphone app has been shown to double the number of children getting their eyes treated.

SA’s Anderson beats Isner in record-breaker

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Kevin Anderson wins the longest semi-final in Wimbledon history by beating John Isner in an epic lasting more than six-and-a-half hours.

Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki ‘both charismatic and brutal’

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Isaias Afwerki has embraced Ethiopia's PM in a move that was unthinkable just weeks ago, but who is he?

Number of migrants ‘abandoned by Algeria’ in Sahara drops

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The country has been accused of abandoning people in the desert at its southern borders.

Zimbabweans assemble for a rare public debate

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Just weeks ahead of the first election post-Mugabe, Zimbabweans got together for a rare public debate held by BBC World Questions.

Senegal jails teachers over baccalaureate exam fraud

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One French teacher had $12,000 in his bank account from selling test papers, the court says.