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Residents will be banned from using more than 50 litres of water a day from next month.

Tunisia return to the top of Fifa's African rankings two months after losing pole position to Senegal.

Villarreal's Cedric Bakambu is set to become the most expensive African footballer ever as Chinese club Beijing Guoan close on a £65m deal.

The group was reportedly travelling in two separate vehicles to the capital of Abuja.

Merera Gudina is the first of more than 500 prisoners the government has said it will release.

A monkey from Ethiopia and Sudan with a distinctive "handlebar moustache" has been identified as a distinct species.

The healer gave women leaves and herbs that made their stomachs swell up and told them not to see a doctor.

Riyan Abukar Ali is determined to succeed as a fisherwoman in Somalia, in a trade dominated by men.

Memory is among the themes featuring at the African Biennale of Photography in Mali's capital.

Memory is among the themes featuring at the African Biennale of Photography in Mali's capital.

Joseph Warungu peeps into WhatsApp groups to find out who the group administrators really are.

Churches have been carved into the rock in northern Ethiopia for over 800 years.

Photographer Mario Macilau documents a community living with dirty water.

Lawyer Aji Ayorinde is looking at swapping his life in London for Lagos.

Streetwear lovers in South Africans are buying, selling and trading shoes at the Sneaker Exchange. It's the latest craze to hit Johannesburg, and the place to upgrade your kicks.

The African Union, representing 55 member states, is furious over a reported slur by the US leader.

More than 30 people are sentenced to long terms for belonging to a group wanting to overthrow the government.

Will Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa be able to deliver new homes to low income earners?

The fifth edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) kicks off in Morocco on Saturday, with holders DR Congo notable by their absence.

The countries dismissed by Donald Trump have produced some successful contributors to US society.