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.

Some commercial workers in Afriland Towers jumped out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started.

Despite opposition to the deal, Ghana's president says 40 more deportees will arrive from the US.

A specialist took the gold artefact from a Cairo museum and sold it through a jeweller, officials say.

The parties of both President Lazarus Chakwera and his main rival, Peter Mutharika, say they won Tuesday's poll.

Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.

Marguerite Gnakadé has become a vocal critic of Togo's long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé.

Police suspect some of the victims were accused of witchcraft by others on the boat that had travelled from Senegal.

A photo of the 3,000-year-old bracelet has been sent to airports, seaports and border crossings to stop it being smuggled out of the country.

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet is aiming to become just the third woman to clinch a 5,000m-10,000m double at the World Athletics Championships.

The army says social media footage is misleading and denies Islamists have the Kayes region in a chokehold.