Maro Itoje has never captained his country. He doesn't lead his club. So why do his team-mates think he could rugby's biggest job?

The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.

There will be increasing tension between the platforms and African governments, analysts say.

Finally, South Africa's borders are reopening for all countries including Britain.

A new study shows that patients with rheumatic diseases across Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas and Europe had trouble filling their prescriptions of antimalarial drugs, including hydroxychloroquine, during the 2020 global coronavirus pandemic, when antimalarials were touted as a possible COVID-19 treatment. Patients who could not access their antimalarial drugs faced worse physical and mental health outcomes as a result.

Already being ravaged by the worst infestation of desert locusts in 70 years, East African economies are now staring down the barrel of the coronavirus pandemic.

On the eve of Caf making Issa Hayatou its 'honorary president', a former official says it has taken too long to recognise African football's longest ruler.

Scientists have discovered a new mutated version of the virus from Brazil, in addition to the ones from the UK and South Africa.