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The campaign against police brutality has encouraged young Nigerians to take on the older generation.

Candice Mama's father was killed by a man nicknamed "Prime Evil", yet the only way she could find peace was to forgive him.

Hopes grow that a gigantic weapon stolen after the invasion of Algiers in 1830 may soon be returned.

More than 1,000 have arrived in recent days and this year has seen a big increase from 2019.

The economic damage caused by coronavirus leaves the continent with a big repair bill, the IMF says.

Muhammadu Buhari responds to protests sparked by a video of a man allegedly being killed by officers.

Sophie Pétronin, one of four hostages released this week, alerted French officials to the killing.

The nine killings provoked outrage, especially in the southern city of Port Harcourt, last year.

Liban Abdullahi Omar, who was found not guilty this week, was abducted by armed men, witnesses say.

In a community torn apart by violence, this Kenyan school is bringing students together from opposite sides of the divide.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Every 15 years, the Maasai hold the Olngesher ceremony where young men graduate to become community elders.

Maltreatment of adults with mental illness and children living with relatives has shocked Nigerians.

August Agboola Browne is thought to have been the only black person in the Polish resistance.

Kenenisa Bekele's much-anticipated London Marathon duel with Eliud Kipchoge is off as the Ethiopian pulls out of Sunday's race with a calf injury.

Thousands of Ethiopian detainees are facing "unimaginable cruelty", Amnesty International says.

A group of Nigerian-Irish teens have developed the Memory Haven app to help people with dementia.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

As the African nation continues to ban the import of used US clothes, China takes advantage.

Ghanaian artist AY Poyoo is a comedian turn musician and a self-proclaimed face of Ghanaian hip-hop scene.