05.01.2024 04:00 The athlete, who ran on carbon-fibre prosthetics, murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
05.01.2024 04:00 A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
04.01.2024 18:00 The Hollywood star was moved by the BBC story of the student who pedalled 4,000km to get to a university.
04.01.2024 18:00 Just 107 overs are bowled as India beat South Africa in the shortest Test to produce a winner in the history of the game.
03.01.2024 22:01 West African leaders had tried to broker a deal for Ernest Bai Koroma to go into exile, the BBC understands.
03.01.2024 22:01 Algeria defender Youcef Atal is handed an eight-month suspended sentence by a French court for inciting religious hatred in a social media post about the conflict in Israel and Gaza.
03.01.2024 12:00 South African photographer Gavin Barker picks out some of his favourite images from the past 25 years of the Africa Cup of Nations.
03.01.2024 12:00 South Africa accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, triggering Israeli outrage.
03.01.2024 02:15 The president waged a nationalist campaign, while the opposition was divided.
03.01.2024 02:15 Nandre Burger laughs off criticism from Kevin Pietersen that he is too smiley on the cricket pitch.
02.01.2024 16:00 In an angry reaction, Somalia says the Ethiopia-Somaliland deal is a violation of its sovereignty.
02.01.2024 16:00 After scoring a global hit with her summer anthem Water, Tyla comes fourth in the BBC Sound of 2024.
01.01.2024 19:45 The prime minister of the landlocked country has said that sea access was an existential question.
01.01.2024 19:45 Kenya's Beatrice Chebet breaks the women's world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.
01.01.2024 10:00 Many young Nigerians fail their university entrance exams as they lack very basic tech skills.
