BBC reports from Kenya, home to Sabastian Sawe, the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. Emily and Simion Sawe share their pride at the runner’s historic sub-two-hour marathon win. The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is “simply staggering”, reports the BBC’s Barbara Plett Usher.
DR Congo are back at the World Cup for the first time since 1974, with fans in Kinshasa celebrating the team’s 1-0 play-off win over Jamaica. Lava from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano reached the Indian ocean for the first time in 19 years. Ramadan and Lent haven’t overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together.
Ethiopia unveils its first unmanned, ‘smart’ police station where citizens can report crimes on automated touch screens. At least 78 bodies have been buried, while it’s feared that more than 170 people were killed altogether. Nearly 700,000 people have been affected by weeks of severe flooding in Mozambique
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