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Africa Day is 25 May, it marks the creation of the Organisation of African Unity, now called the African Union.

Christian Atsu and Mubarak Wakaso are left out of Ghana's squad for next month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia.

Flying between the West African capitals of Freetown and Banjul should take about an hour. But as the BBC's Umaru Fofana found out, it can be quicker and easier to fly via Morocco or even Belgium.

Last year Salama Ali uncovered a secret - that the al-Shabab militant group was seizing Kenyan woman and turning them into sex slaves.

Somali women vets have been deployed across the country to keep animals alive amid a devastating drought.

The BBC's Karen Allen asks whether the treason charges faced by Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema are a sign that Zambia's reputation as a bastion of democracy is under threat.

The US and Uganda are stopping the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony but he is still a threat.

Italy's coastguard pull a man to safety after he was left clinging to a ship's rudder in the Mediterranean.

Feelings are heightened in South Africa over the safety of women, writes the BBC's Nomsa Maseko following a series of violent attacks against women.

Why a bitter row has broken out between Egyptians and Sudanese on social media.

The politician was being investigated for the shooting of renowned conservationist Kuki Gallman.

The president, wanted by the ICC on war crimes charges, cites unspecified "private reasons".

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos says the Joel Matip "case" is closed and the defender is no longer in his plans.

A mutiny by soldiers in Ivory Coast is threatening to destabilise business confidence in the country.

The new French leader is visiting French soldiers fighting Islamic militants for more than four years.

Salomon Kalou is included in coach Marc Wilmots first squad as the new Ivory Coast coach as they prepare to play the Netherlands and Guinea.

MEP Mario Borghezio had made racist remarks about Cécile Kyenge, who was born in the DR Congo.

Most of those killed are linked to a faction allied to self-styled general Khalifa Haftar.

A group of homeless men in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, have found solace and hope in performing Shakespeare plays.

Rising Zambian referee Jan Sikazwe is ready for his latest assignment at the Fifa under-20 World Cup in South Korea.