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South Sudan is the world's youngest country and much of its recent history, both before and since independence, has been characterised by violence.

Somali-Americans are tired of seeing themselves portrayed as terrorists. A new film tries to challenge stereotypes.

Sunderland manager David Moyes is sent to the stands as Southampton reach the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup.

Ethiopia withdraws troops from Somalia, where they had been fighting Islamist militants, and blames a lack of international support.

In Kenya, children who are born intersex cannot get birth certificates or identity cards, or register for exams.

Some 145 child soldiers fighting for two rebel factions in South Sudan have been released, Unicef says.

Mamelodi Sundowns arrive home in South Africa to a heroes' welcome after winning the African Champions League on Sunday.

The train which crashed last Friday in Cameroon was travelling at an "unusually" high speed, a top official of the French company that runs the railway line, says.

Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has her two-year ban doubled after an IAAF appeal was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

A young Tunisian woman was photographed naked by a friend of her father's. He then used the images to silence her - until one day she snapped and took a bloody revenge. This story is part of the BBC's Shame series, which examines a disturbing new phenomenon - the use of private or sexually explicit images to blackmail and shame young people, mainly girls and women, in some of the world's most conservative societies. Explore all the stories and join the conversation at www.bbc.co.uk/shame

The Gambia is the latest country to say it will leave the International Criminal Court, accusing it of humiliating Africans.

With Uganda's public education system reeling from absent teachers, poor facilities and high dropout rates, could private education be the answer?

America, a beacon of global democracy, is having a torrid presidential election and many Nigerians and other Africans are loving the irony on Twitter.

Smartphones and social media are colliding with notions of honour and shame in conservative societies - with devastating effects on the lives of some young women.

The tailors from the Kenyan slum of Kibera whose suits are now being shown on the catwalks of Europe.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants to recall midfielder Yaya Toure into his side but is still waiting for an apology from the player's agent.

After nearly three years of war, South Sudanese artists want to get the country thinking and talking about peace, and have landed on a novel way to do it.

At the age of 13, Natasha Annie Tonthola was subjected to a ritual sexual initiation at the hands of an older man, but that was just the start of her troubles.

One of South Africa's greatest historical artefacts is the star attraction of an exhibition of the country's art opening at the British Museum in London on 27 October.

The threatened departure of South Africa, one of the founding fathers of the International Criminal Court, feels like Africa's Brexit moment, writes Karen Allen.