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How a car crash changed Benin's Faouziatou Ibrahima's basketball career.

Senegal is on track to be declared malaria-free by 2030.

Botswana's Ian Khama has just stepped down after 10 years in power - he says other African leaders should also "move aside and give others the opportunity".

As Commonwealth leaders meet in London, the BBC takes a look at the facts and figures behind this club of nations.

One genuine UN peacekeeper is dead and many French soldiers are wounded after the attack.

The Nigerian government insists it is still in discussions to release the missing 112 schoolgirls.

The controversial South African anti-apartheid campaigner is given a high-level send-off.

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse is not ruling out the possibility of bringing striker Demba Ba back into his final plans for the 2018 World Cup.

Tunisian forward Lassad Nouioui is taken to hospital after collapsing on the pitch during a training session with his Spanish club Toledo on Saturday.

Sonwabile Ndamase tells the BBC how the late anti-apartheid campaigner’s life influenced her fashion.

South Africans reflect on what the late anti-apartheid campaigner meant to them as she is laid to rest.

Egypt's Baladi dogs are often looked down upon as strays, but things are changing.

Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick - famous for rearing orphaned baby elephants - dies of cancer.

A controversial property tax has seen residents of Lagos, Nigeria, take to the streets.

The UN says 13 million people need humanitarian aid, but Congolese leaders say this is exaggerated.

As South Africans pay tribute to veteran anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the BBC charts her tumultuous life.

South African sunglasses entrepreneur Alistair Barnes recycles paper and timber to make his frames.

How death row prisoner Susan Kigula studied law and changed Uganda's legal system.

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

Over the years, many athletes have used sporting events as the chance to start a new life elsewhere.