Africa

Image copyright Wfp Image caption The cyclone hit the northern province of Cabo Delgado on Thursday evening Cyclone Kenneth, which made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday, has been downgraded after winds weakened, but heavy rainfall is expected for days. Mozambique was still recovering from Cyclone Idai, which killed more than …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ethiopians attending a political rally after reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power Africans are willing to give up their freedom to move around where they like and say what they think, and are willing to be watched if it means they get …

Mo Farah (left) and Haile Gebrselassie (centre) raced against each other at the 2013 Great North Run Four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah was involved in an altercation at Haile Gebrselassie’s hotel but was the victim of an attack, his coach says. Farah and Gebrselassie are involved in a dispute …

Caster Semenya (right) was asked to undertake gender testing as an 18-year-old Caster Semenya won 5,000m gold at the South African Athletics Championships – a new distance that would not require her to lower her testosterone levels. The double 800m Olympic gold medallist is challenging athletics’ governing body over its …

Image copyright EPA Image caption Thousands have gathered in Khartoum despite resignations from Sudan’s ruling military council Thousands of protesters have filled the streets of Khartoum calling for an end to the country’s military council. Many had travelled in from across Sudan to take part in the “million-strong march” for …

Media captionZarhan Hashim’s sister condemns his actions The alleged ringleader behind Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings was killed in the attacks, President Maithripala Sirisena said. Mr Sirisena said Zahran Hashim, a radical preacher, died at the Shangri-La hotel in the capital, Colombo. He said Hashim led the attack on the …

Media captionPutin and Kim toast at the summit in Vladivostok North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has accused the US of acting in “bad faith” during the summit earlier this year with President Donald Trump, according to the Korean Central News Agency. He also said peace in the Korean peninsula would …

Image copyright EPA Image caption Police and rescue vehicles have been investigating the area where one of the bodies was found, near the village of Orounta in Cyprus A man in Cyprus has confessed to murdering seven women and girls in what local media have called the island’s “first serial …

Media captionNick Miller reports on the impacts expected from Cyclone Kenneth Cyclone Kenneth has made landfall in northern Mozambique, a country still recovering from another huge storm. The cyclone has weakened in the past few hours but is forecast to cause flooding and bring storm surges of up to 5m …

Image copyright EPA Image caption Security is tight in the aftermath of the attacks Sri Lanka has revised down the death toll from Sunday’s blasts by more than 100, to “about 253”, the health ministry says. It has blamed a calculation error. Suicide bombers struck hotels and churches in the …