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Equatorial Guinea are expelled from the 2019 Women's World Cup for fielding 10 ineligible players during qualifying for the 2016 Olympics.

Conservation groups welcome government proposals for a full-scale ban on sales and exports.

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

Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is suspected of using his UK jail as a base to interfere in the elections in his homeland.

For more than 50 years Sory Sanle has worked as a photographer in Burkina Faso but now a gallery in London wants to bring him to the world's attention.

Nigeria can clinch a place at their third consecutive World Cup finals with a win over Zambia while Egypt and Tunisia need results to go their way to qualify.

African champions Mali, experienced campaigners Ghana, exciting Guinea and debutants Niger will be chasing glory at the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in India.

Welder Zandile Dlamini says she is proud to work in an industry dominated by men.

Many of the hopes Nigerians had at independence have been dashed, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

Six out of 10 young people in the world are failing to reach basic levels of proficiency in learning, warns the United Nations.

Joseph Warungu reflects on how the Bible has taken centre stage in the battle for the Kenyan an presidency.

Blankets from Lesotho are at the centre of controversy in the fashion world, as BBC Africa's Mayeni Jones reports.

Nigeria's police chief Ibrahim Idris has ordered the immediate removal of all police roadblocks.

Chad helps fight Boko Haram militants, while Sudan is on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Mohamed lost count of how many people he had killed when a commander's wife persuaded him to escape.

Violent clashes between government and rebel forces has led to huge civilian displacement.

Angola has publicly funded healthcare with state-of-the-art clinics. So why are some hospitals running out of drugs? The BBC's Mayeni Jones investigates.

Meeting the Kenyans affected by the illness.

Helping communities feed themselves during political and environmental instability.

One month ago, a mudslide devastated parts of Freetown, Sierra Leone.