AfricaBrief: 01/28/18

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The US president takes to Twitter after the rapper denounces him in an interview as a "superbug".

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Watch how a wild elephant decided to cross the border from China to Laos... twice.

Manchester City keep hope of an unprecedented quadruple alive with a comfortable FA Cup fourth-round win over Cardiff City.

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The BBC was standing next to Alexei Navalny as he was taken into custody amid Russia protests.

His Beetle Bailey cartoon once ran in 1,800 newspapers around the world and reached 200 million readers.

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The billionaire Swede Ingvar Kamprad founded the pioneering furniture retailer at the age of 17.

Roger Federer wins his sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title with a five-set victory over Marin Cilic.

Southern separatists seize government buildings in Aden as they fight the president's forces.

President Trump tells ITV's Piers Morgan how he would have done things differently to Theresa May.

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Sunday is a day of mourning, as funerals take place and people search hospitals for survivors.

Russian police reportedly force their way into the property ahead of nationwide anti-Putin rallies.

Tallulah is recovering at a vets after crossing a busy road and enduring two falls of snow

West Brom manager Alan Pardew calls the video assistant referee system "bizarre" after it dominates their 3-2 FA Cup victory at Liverpool.

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Tokyo-based digital currency exchange Coincheck says it will reimburse some 260,000 victims of theft.

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Elisabeth Revol is saved by a team of elite Polish climbers, who scaled 1,000m in a night to find her.

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The US president says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle "look like a lovely couple".

A bomb exploded as officers in Barranquilla were gathering for their morning meeting.

The biggest talking points for this year's Grammys - plus how to watch Sunday's ceremony.

Ben Zand spends time with Guatemala's huge evangelical community visiting Pastor Sanchez, from the town of Almolonga.

US Air Force pilot Col Chris Amrhein does it all by hand at 23,000ft. Yes, really.

Avalanche threats cut off the Swiss ski resort, Zermatt, twice in 2018. But technology is helping to make ski slopes safer for the public.

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "sorrow".

Why a sliver of the Basque country changes national allegiance twice a year.

US teachers are being trained to kill school shooters. Some say it's the only solution left.

Italy's mafia clans have strong regional roots and global businesses, Laurence Peter reports.

Despite poor infrastructure and patchy internet, Congolese people find ways to work and learn.

Growing up and working out who you are is hard at the best of times, but what if you didn’t look like everyone else too?

Women business leaders at Davos give the BBC their tips to reach succeed in the corporate world.

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The exiled Catalonian independence leader cannot be president while abroad, a Spanish court rules.

Hundreds of people have been turning up to see the graffiti artist's work on a disused bridge in Hull.

Israel's prime minister attacks a law that would make it illegal to describe Nazi death camps as Polish.

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Steve Wynn steps down as Republican Party finance chair over allegations he calls "preposterous".

Investigators will look at how the sports doctor was able to abuse girls for decades unchallenged.

The BBC's Rob Cameron reports from Prague where Czech President Milos Zeman has been re-elected.

Sunday, 28 January 2018