Follow the build-up, analysis and live text commentary of the game as South Africa and Czechia face off in Group A.
The virus is spreading faster than health workers can track it and international funding has slumped.
After losing their opening group matches, both teams need a victory to keep knockout hopes alive.
First African nation to host the global oceans conference defends deportations, saying it ‘recognises only one China’.
From lakes to rivers, freshwater is declining worldwide under rising climate and land pressure.
The mother of Cape Verde’s celebrated goalkeeper Vozinha says she watched his heroics on the TV.
The Manchester City striker scored his first goals at a major international tournament as Norway powered past Iraq.
Seven patients have left an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having recovered.
A US Ebola quarantine centre has sparked protests in Laikipia, Kenya, over land and sovereignty concerns.
Ana Candida Evora was unable to travel to watch her son star in a goalless draw with Spain due to the cost of a US visa.
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