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Angered by corruption allegations, residents of the South African town of Koster chased away the mayor and took over.

Nigerian Olatunbosun Damilola says the facial scars her parents gave her mean she faces discrimination.

Everton striker Henry Onyekuru joins Galatasaray on a season-long loan, the Turkish club have confirm.

Record Manchester City signing Riyad Mahrez says he moved to a "big" club to win the Champions League.

The US leader says "few would understand" Africa's problems, which a strong military could help solve.

The world's best-known ski slopes might be in Europe and North America, but Africa is now vying for attention.

An Ethiopian journalist hopes to be reunited with his Eritrean wife and two daughters after 16 years.

South African Ntando Mahlangu won silver in the Rio Paralympics, four years after walking for the first time.

A Ugandan mother says a children's home tricked her into giving her son up for a zero-contact adoption.

Instead of regaining its footing once sanctions were lifted, inflation is soaring in Sudan and people are struggling to get by.

The Ghanaian warrior queen who went to war to protect the Golden Stool of the Ashanti Kingdom.

Ethiopia and Eritrea were bitter enemies for half a century but have embraced peace in just a few days.

As many as 40 tonnes of heroin could be passing through Mozambique every year, in a trade that is boosted by the use of mobile phone apps.

Deriding Africa's former colonial rulers will not solve the continent's many problems, writes Nigerian journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

BBC Africa One Minute Stories meets James Maina Mwangi - the self-proclaimed most stylish man in the world.

The theme of this year's Durban July was "It Is Time" - and race-goers did not disappoint.

It is the first large-scale attack launched by al-Shabab militants since Ramadan began.

Libyan politicians lack the clout to rein in people-smugglers once controlled by former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, writes the BBC's Farouk Chothia.

Championship club Brentford sign Algeria international Said Benrahma from French side Nice for an undisclosed fee.

Fourteen of France's footballers are eligible to play for African nations, but what are Africa's other remaining World Cup links?