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George Weah invites Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to his inauguration as the new president of Liberia.

Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala wins the Women's Player award again as Egypt's Pharaohs are named National team of the Year.

How drug-carrying drones could help save lives in far-flung places.

Who is behind the massive increase in the illicit trade of rhino horn?

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this week.

A photographer and an artist have made an anthology dedicated to female photographers of African descent.

A lawyer filed a complaint against Laila Amer, saying her music video was a "great risk" to Egypt.

BBC Sport looks at the five candidates vying to be the next president of the Ethiopia Football Federation, one of the founding members of Confederation of African Football.

The one thing all Zimbabweans yearn for this year is an economic revival.

Trends include delivery drones, pay-as-you-go off-grid power, and using blockchain to prevent land disputes.

Is Liberia's controversial school experiment raising standards?

Nigerians who have returned from Libya share their experiences of being forced to work as slaves.

Security forces have killed at least seven people, UN peacekeepers say.

Egyptian club Al Ismaily appoint former coach Aboutaleb El Essawi as a replacement for Sébastien Desabre who left to become Uganda's national team coach.

Swansea's Ghanaian forward Jordan Ayew says the club's new manager Carlos Carvalhal has asked him to be 'a leader' as they fight to stay in the Premier League.

The collision with a lorry took place on a notoriously dangerous stretch of highway near Migaa.

Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from.

Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene looks back at the African leaders who lost power in 2017.

Ina Makosi takes pictures of models in places covered in litter around Dakar to encourage local communities to pick up their trash.

A gunman launched a double attack on a Coptic area, killing nine, says Egyptian interior ministry.