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The president is filmed at Friday prayers in Abuja amid ongoing concerns for his health.

Nnamdi Kanu is on bail after spending a year-and-a-half in jail without trial accused of treason over his campaign for a state of Biafra to break away from Nigeria.

South African footballer Benni McCarthy on overcoming the racist abuse he received playing in Europe.

The governing coalition led by the National Liberation Front retains its majority in parliament.

The DJ who has built a thriving music and entertainment business in Durban, South Africa.

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

Stuart Baxter is named as South Africa coach for a second time as he replaces Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba, who was sacked last year.

South Africa’s Police Minister Fikile Mbalula tells Hardtalk that criticism of President Zuma is limited in the ANC.

Being a police officer in Mogadishu is one of the most dangerous beats in the world, and it is even harder for women.

Five years ago a midwife in Kenya delivered a child with male and female sexual organs. The father told her to kill it, but instead she hid it and raised it as her own.

The BBC's Umaru Fofana tells how diamond mining helped give him his start in life.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali writes that President Muhamadu Buhari has been accused of being as secretive about his health as his US counterpart Donald Trump has been about his tax returns.

Most Nigerians are not fleeing conflict but are economic migrants in search of jobs and opportunities.

There has been violence, allegations of vote-rigging and organisational problems.

This will be the fourth time that veteran politician Raila Odinga runs for president.

When Mauda Kyitaragabirwe got pregnant in pre-independence Uganda, her parents sent her to Punishment Island, with the expectation she would die there.

Former Gabon international defender Moise Brou Apanga dies after collapsing during a training session with his club FC 105 Libreville.

One of the region's oldest Christian communities is living in fear after attacks.

In a country where greetings are all-important, it's rare for traditional leaders to rebuff each other in public.

South African Gift Ngoepe has been trying to break into Major League Baseball for many years.