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Could strong local forces who know the territory be the answer Somalia's security crisis?

A man with HIV who says he had ritual sex with 104 women and girls faces up to five years in jail, if convicted. But some ask why the children's parents are not in the dock too.

As the BBC launches a service in Pidgin to target West African audiences, we look at what the language entails.

In Kenya Chinese companies are investing heavily in some of the country's poorest communities, yet as Chinese investment increases, so too do tensions between foreign contractors and local workers.

Kenya's November deadline to close the world's biggest refugee camp has created panic and uncertainty, reports the BBC's Alastair Leithead.

People in three African countries are optimistic despite economic woes and corruption, a survey says.

Clashes between Nigerian Shia pilgrims and the police in Kano state kill nine people, police say.

Jailed athlete Oscar Pistorius moves to a "better adapted" prison, South Africa's government says.

Ivory Coast has recovered its swagger after five years of peace, reports the BBC's James Copnall, a former Abidjan correspondent.

Once hailed by Pele as "my successor" and a goalscoring hero for Ivory Coast - BBC Sport pays tribute to Laurent Pokou

Muslim clerics in Mauritania call for the death penalty to be carried out against a blogger for apostasy.

Satirist Ikenna Azuike looks at the life of an African Premier League star in a special edition of What's Up Africa.

Mizinga Melu is head of Barclays Africa Management, but as a child she wanted to work behind the counter of a bank.

Pick your winner from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure.

BBC Sport profiles Gabon and Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a nominee for the 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year award.

BBC Sport profiles Ghana and West Ham forward Andre Ayew, a nominee for the 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year award.

BBC Sport profiles Algeria and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez, a nominee for the 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year award.

A comprehensive history of the BBC's African Footballer of the Year trophy, an award which dates back to the inaugural winner - Abedi Pele - in 1992.

Footballer Michael Essien speaks to the BBC ahead of the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award show.

Did President-elect Donald Trump really call Africans "lazy fools"? The BBC's Dickens Olewe looks at six comments he allegedly made about Africa which are doing the rounds on the internet.