South African footballer shot dead

Gunmen shoot dead a reporter in South Sudan days after President Salva Kiir made threatening remarks about reporters "working against the country".

Kazeem Tiyamiyu was knocked down and killed in an apparent hit and run but his club Reno Stars say he died from police brutality.

BBC Sport takes a look at two past winners of its award: Jay-Jay Okocha and Mohamed Aboutrika.

A Somali MP is assassinated outside a mosque in Somalia's capital by Islamist militants - the fifth parliamentarian to be killed this year.

Six Egyptian soldiers are shot dead at a checkpoint in the Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khaymah, state media report.

An American teacher is gunned down by unknown assailants while jogging in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, local officials say

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4 Zambians shot dead in Tanzania
Zambia Daily Mail
FOUR Zambians have been shot dead by police in Tanzania, where they allegedly staged a robbery and snatched 400 million shillings (about K1.6 million). Muchinga Province deputy commissioner of police Peter Bubenshi said the four were killed on ...
Four Zambian suspected criminals gunned down at Tuduma, TanzaniaLusaka Times

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Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame is shot dead in Mogadishu by Islamist militants.

At least eight people have died in shootings in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, an administrator has said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit the city since a disputed presidential election.