They had started legal action against Ghana for agreeing to accept them from the US.

The herd was fleeing lions, officials say

Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was imprisoned in Egypt for six years, is reunited with his family in Cairo after being pardoned.

Orville Isaac Etoria had been held in prison in the southern African state after Trump's government expelled him.

Peter Mutharika has got about 66% of the votes counted so far, putting him ahead of President Lazarus Chakwera.

The three military juntas, who came to power through coups, say the judicial body is 'incapable' of handling 'proven war crimes'.

Female runners won six of Kenya’s seven gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, topping the podium in every event from 800m to the marathon in Tokyo.

Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock reverses his retirement for one-day internationals and is recalled by South Africa.

President Duma Boko congratulates the men's 4x400m relay team for winning gold at the World Athletic Championships.

Kenya make it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men's race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women's.

Friends of the stabbed 21-year-old Kenyan woman recount to the BBC events on the night she went missing.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi sets a championship record to take gold for Kenya in the men's 800m as Great Britain's Max Burgin runs a personal best to finish sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the women's 5000m with team-mate Faith Kipyegon claiming silver and Italy's Nadia Battocletti takes bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Five North Americans were arrested after the raid on a farm in the east of the country, officers say.

Officials are on high alert after the 2019 presidential election result was annulled due to vote tampering.

Evans Kibet, now being held in Ukraine after surrendering, says he did not know he was signing up.

Luca Zidane, the son of France's World Cup-winning playmaker Zinedine, switches his international allegiance from France to Algeria.

Local activists and residents describe the early morning attack on worshippers.

The maternity cleaner was allegedly seeking potential buyers for the body tissue when she was picked up.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.