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Ivory Coast's biggest power provider is training drone pilots to inspect electricity pylons.

Timber producers in Zimbabwe are having to diversify in an increasingly difficult market.

She defied her father as a teenager and left her village - now Peace Proscovia will captain Uganda's netball team at the Commonwealth Games.

Dirar Abohoy lives for walking on his hands. Just don't ask his mum what she thinks of his hobby.

South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela dies aged 81.

Compare your pay to Nigerian senators, who are entitled to $37,500 a month each for expenses.

It's been shrinking fast, but could a plan to divert water to one of Africa's largest lakes stop it disappearing?

Ahead of Easter, the BBC's Frank Gardner visits the churches of Ethiopia.

Ahead of Easter, the BBC's Frank Gardner visits the churches of Ethiopia.

Parents in Sierra Leone have been warned to take extra care of their children this election period as it's feared they could be ritually killed.

In Niger, the presence of clean water is helping to wash away some of a village's worries.

In Niger, the presence of clean water is helping to wash away some of a village's worries.

Nigeria is debating a hate speech bill which, if passed, would condemn to death those found guilty.

Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on her interactions with aid agencies in crisis zones.

Two female singers are sentenced to prison: one for inciting debauchery, and one for a joke.

Bystanders tried in vain to save the 22-year-old woman, who was attacked at a private game reserve.

Gambia international Bubacarr Trawally moves to Chinese Super League side Guizhou Hengfeng FC on a free transfer deal.

Libyan politicians, the UN, and the EU are pushing for elections despite the country's chaos.

The official language of fictional Wakanda is isiXhosa - also spoken in parts of South Africa.

The new South African president rejigs his cabinet and reappoints Nhlanhla Nene to finance minister.