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The main opposition leader in Uganda, Kizza Besigye, rejects the result of presidential polls which saw Yoweri Museveni win a fifth term in office.

Two Serbian captives are confirmed to have died in Friday's US air strikes against the Islamic State group in western Libya, Serbia says.

Former Prime Minister Faustin Touadera is elected president of the Central African Republic, provisional results in the run-off show.

Lollipop love, kite vendors and marathon paddlers

Can a prisoner beat the president in Niger's election?

Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is on alert after several lions escaped from a nearby national park overnight and strayed into the city.

Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate is detained following a raid on his party's Kampala headquarters, one day after tightly contested elections.

More than 6,000 people have fled Mozambique to neighbouring Malawi after being caught up in fighting in the north of the country.

The subtle art of insulting a politician

She took her family to court in Niger to stop a forced marriage

Polls open in Uganda's presidential election, with incumbent Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 30-year rule.

The man who rescues Benin's mentally ill held in shackles

From crowdsourcing to TV debates in Uganda's election

Battered but not beaten

Today is the last day of campaigning ahead of Uganda's election.

Uganda holds an election this Thursday and President Yoweri Museveni's 30 years in power is at stake.

Activists in Nigeria say they will continue their campaign to secure the safety of more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.

A fall in the demand for copper is threatening to impact on the economy of mining towns in northern Zambia.

A band from a prison in Malawi has been nominated for a Grammy award in this year's World Music category.

Islamist militant group al-Shabab retakes Somalia's port city of Merca according to residents, while the African Union forces insist they still have control of the town