What it took for Ethiopia to build Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam

Kalkidan YibeltalBBC News in Addis Ababa AFP via Getty Images In a fractious nation, the building of the dam was one thing that brought people together The vastness of the…

France 57-10 South Africa: Les Bleues set up Ireland quarter-final in Women’s Rugby World Cup

France: Boulard; Grisez, Konde, Vernier, Menager (c); Queyroi, Sansus; Brosseau, Gerin, Bernadou, Feleu (capt), Raclot, Berthoumieu, Champon, Escudero. Replacements: Riffonneau, Deshaye, Khalfaoui, Ikahehegi, Maka, Okemba, Chambon, Bourgeois. South Africa: Dolf;…

Manchester United: Andre Onana set to leave – ‘a heavy shirt to wear’

Firstly, the widely articulated view that Onana is just not very good is wrong. Edwin van der Sar observed the Cameroon international closely for three years when he was chief…

One of the world’s most sacred places Mount Sinai is being turned into a mega-resort

Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem Universal Images Group via Getty Images The 6th Century St Catherine’s is the world’s oldest continuously used Christian monastery For years, visitors would venture up Mount…

England vs South Africa: Jacob Bethell hits first century before Jofra Archer runs through Proteas

Jacob Bethell scored his much-anticipated first professional century before Jofra Archer ripped through South Africa as England thrashed the Proteas by a record 342 runs in the third one-day international…

Great North Run: Eilish McColgan third as Sheila Chepkirui wins women’s race

In The Big Half – a half marathon race in London – there were wins for Great Britain’s Jack Rowe, Jess Warner-Judd, David Weir and Eden Rainbow-Cooper. Rowe equalled Mo…

Ethiopia outfoxes Egypt over Nile waters with its mighty dam

Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC Tigrinya AFP/Getty Images After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one…

Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack

The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State, local officials say. On Friday night militants struck the village…

US reveals plans to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Eswatini

The Trump administration has revealed a plan to deport Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran man who has been at the centre of an immigration row, to the southern African kingdom…

Racism in football: George Weah and Didier Drogba among 16 ex-players on new Fifa panel

Football legends George Weah and Didier Drogba are among the high-profile names appointed to a new Fifa panel of 16 ex-players which aims to bolster efforts to tackle racism in…

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