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Somalia has a new, apparently popular president. His main challenges include making federalism work, reducing corruption and improving security.

South Africans have had enough of broken promises and bad governance, reports the BBC's Andrew Harding from Port Elizabeth.

Thandiswa Mazwai on why South Africa’s rebel jazz music still matters today.

Three weeks after reports that Cameroon had blocked the internet in English-speaking regions, residents say services have yet to be restored. So what is going on?

A guide to the unique way Somalia is electing its new president – in 60 seconds.

Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen dies aged 45, six years after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

Concerns about the health of Nigeria's president increase as he extends his medical leave in the UK.

Egypt coach Hector Cuper is assured he has the full support of the country's football association after losing the Nations Cup final.

BBC Africa looks back at the tournament in Gabon, which finished with Cameroon as winners for the fifth time.

How Cameroon overcame setbacks and distractions to win the Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos reveals he felt his squad were "becoming a family" on their way to winning the Nations Cup.

Scientists say a pest that destroys maize is spreading rapidly across Africa and could reach Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years.

Cameroon come from behind to beat Egypt 2-1 and seal a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title in a thrilling, edgy final in Libreville.

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers the art of Nigerian verbosity.

In many parts of the world, the rise of digital music has meant the death of vinyl. But one man in a tiny market stall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi is keeping the art alive.

A swarm of bees stop play midway through Sri Lanka's innings in the third one-day international against South Africa in Johannesburg.

Pastoralists target private farmland as conflict over land grows, writes Alastair Leithead.

Herdsmen are moving their cattle to private land, bringing them into conflict with security forces.

Thousands of Zimbabwean widows are forced out of their homes by their in-laws each year.

The new Gambian president introduces a five-day week, axing an order to keep Fridays for praying.