Climate change, poor rainfall, deforestation, overgrazing and crop pests are to blame, say experts.

South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams dies at the age of 25, just weeks after featuring for his country at the World Cup.

"I feel happy and elated… I feel joy," the head of the local teachers' union tells the BBC.

The government says it was set up with a forged letter of appointment but others say there is more to it.

In the footage widely shared in South Africa, King Misuzulu threatens to physically assault his wife and accuses her of cheating.

Watch as the Egyptian football team return to a hero's welcome from their fans.

Morocco fan reflects on their World Cup journey.

Football is the common bond for the immigrants and refugees who play matches in a Maine park, and has helped them develop a sense of community in a foreign land.

He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the alleged profits flaunted on Instagram.

Morocco are set to play in another World Cup quarter-final, but are they football's dreamers or is this where they belong?

Lawyers are calling for an end to traditions like bowing before judges and addressing them as "My Lord or "My Lady".

The ICC has been looking into atrocities committed in Darfur over the past three years.

BBC Verify looks at multiple incidents linked to misinformation during latest Ebola outbreak, which has infected more than 1,700 people and killed 580 in DR Congo since mid-May.

Morocco face France in the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals on Thursday as the Atlas Lions look to reach the last four once again.

False claims about Ebola are linked to attacks on treatment facilities, assaults on health workers and disruptions to burials.

Last year Kenya’s President William Ruto established a task force to investigate the escalating cases of gender-based violence including femicide. The task force travelled around the country gathering information and at the beginning of this year published its recommendations, which are now being debated in parliament. One of those recommendations is the legal recognition of femicide as a standalone crime.

UN Women, the United Nations agency which promotes the empowerment and rights of girls and women, have been working with grassroots organisations in Kenya on male engagement strategies, to change perceptions of the role of men and women. But the UN Women’s representative in Kenya, acknowledges that challenges remain.

In the meantime, women continue to march in protest and the country waits to see if President Ruto will implement the task force recommendations. So, is Kenya serious about ending femicide?

Contributors Shyleen Momanyi, executive director, Young Women’s Leadership Institute, Nairobi, Kenya Dr Nancy Baraza, former deputy chief justice of the Republic of Kenya, senior law lecturer, University of Nairobi, chairperson of the technical working group on gender-based violence including femicide, Kenya Consuelo Corradi, professor of sociology, Lumsa University, Rome, Italy Antonia Sodonon, UN Women country representative, Kenya

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producer: Jill Collins Researcher: Evie Yabsley Editor: Tom Bigwood Technical producer: Toby James Production management: Phoebe Lomas and Liam Morrey

(Photo: Protesters attend a rally in Nairobi demanding an end to femicide, 27 January, 2024. Three women at the forefront, one wears a white T-shirt with a "End Femicide" slogan at the front, the middle woman wears a red T-shirt and is shouting, and the third is holding a banner with the slogan "Stop Killing US". Credit: Daniel Irung/EPA-EFE/Rex/Shutterstock)

Adeniyi Adeyemi allegedly forged a letter of appointment and secured funding for an agency the presidency knew nothing about.

Family deals to many non-European destinations are cheaper this summer than last, as travel nerves have slowed bookings.

El-Obeid has been under "siege-like conditions" for 18 months says the UN human rights chief.

Many in Ghana feared his presence would lead to mass protests, and officials say it is postponed for now.