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‘It didn’t look good’ – Erasmus on Etzebeth red card

South Africa boss Rassie Erasmus admits Eben Etzebeth's eye gouge "didn't look good" after the legendary lock was red-carded against Wales.

Pointless Wales humiliated by 11-try South Africa

World champions South Africa humiliate woeful Wales by inflicting a record home 73-0 defeat on their hosts.

Nigeria blames jihadist groups for wave of kidnappings but others accuse criminal gangs

Analysts instead blame criminal gangs for the kidnapping of more than 250 schoolchildren last week.

How Trump’s pledge to tackle Sudan atrocities could play out

The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.

How Trump’s pledge to tackle Sudan atrocities could play out

The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.

Guinea-Bissau’s coup called a ‘sham’ by West African political figures

Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

Daughter of Zambia’s unburied ex-president loses seat as MP

Zambia's government is accused of 'hypocrisy' as fallout from ex-president's death deepens.

Tunisia hands prison terms to dozens of opposition figures

The defendants were accused of attempting a coup - but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

Ex-president’s daughter resigns over allegations she duped South Africans to fight for Russia

Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.

Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup

Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Senegal "safe and sound" on a chartered military plane, authorities say.