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The fake videos used CNN and BBC logos, and had bogus surveys about the August presidential elections.

Why do people wear oranges and other curiosities about the Kenyan election, explained by Dickens Olewe.

Gambian entrepreneur Momarr Taal has created a business processing, drying and exporting mangoes.

Zeinab Badawi visits Aksum in Ethiopia - home, according to local tradition, of the legendary Queen of Sheba and the sacred Ark of the Covenant.

Senegal's parliamentary elections on 30 July are widely seen as a test run of the 2019 presidential polls.

Italy's cabinet backs sending ships, planes and personnel - but Libya denies asking for such help.

The fighting in the Kasai provinces has caused one of the world's worst "displacement crises", the UN says.

A constitutional change has been recommended to make sign language South Africa's 12th official language.

They were killed during an operation to free a group abducted by Boko Haram, the army says.

As a Fifa investigation into match-fixing in Sierra Leone moves a step closer there is a mixed reaction form those being looked into.

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

Portuguese coach Augusto Inacio is sacked by Egyptian giants Zamalek after less than four months in charge of the Cairo based side.

Senegal winger Ismaila Sarr says he decided to move to French side Stade Rennes ahead of a proposed move to Spanish giants Barcelona.

How child malnutrition affects communities across Ghana.

The centre encourages women to open up emotionally, as well as teaching cooking and other skills.

The EU wants to shut down the migrant route from Libya, but deaths on the Mediterranean are on the rise.

Pallbearers are lifting the mood in Ghana with flamboyant coffin-carrying displays.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers why women abducted by Boko Haram and then released would choose to return to their captors.

They've been training with Everton as part of their fight-back against dangerous prejudice.

When celebrated Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky visited South Africa in 1962, he defied racist laws to perform his music to a black audience.