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He has won the award for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Fifa has suspended Sierra Leone 'with immediate effect' due to government interference in the running of the country's FA.

"It's one of the great spectacles of Africa," says our reporter Ferdinand Omondi. But what happened next caused lots of giggles as one of the baby elephants made quite a splash.

Chemicals found in some Afro hair products around the world could be damaging your health.

Kenyan rapper Lal Daggy is deaf and doesn't speak, relaying his music through sign language.

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

The planes collided as they were landing after training flights, a military spokesman said.

Who are the rebel groups which have taken up arms to fight for independence for English-speaking parts of Cameroon?

The country will vote for its next president amid a civil conflict in its English-speaking regions.

Ibrahim Sherifo has not seen or heard from his parents since he was 13 years old when they were "disappeared" in Eritrea.

Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on the kind of welcome given to the US first lady.

How one paraplegic woman has helped thousands of other disabled people in Morocco and across Africa.

Ubah Mohamed used aliases to get work before breaking into Hollywood.

Natasha Museveni's film charts her father's journey from rebel leader to Ugandan president.

A new study suggests mothers in Kenya face widespread pressure to kill their disabled children.

An estimated 100 people have died in floods. Why does it keep happening?

Despite a ban, skin-lightening creams made from dangerous chemicals are commonly trafficked into Uganda.

Rodney D Sieh, editor of Liberia's FrontPageAfrica, reflects on what his career says about journalism in West Africa.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar tells the BBC about his war experiences, the horrors of the Heysel disaster and his match-fixing ordeal.

With the ferry carrying hundreds of people on board, it is feared the death toll will rise.