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The EU wants to shut down the migrant route from Libya, but deaths on the Mediterranean are on the rise.

Pallbearers are lifting the mood in Ghana with flamboyant coffin-carrying displays.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers why women abducted by Boko Haram and then released would choose to return to their captors.

They've been training with Everton as part of their fight-back against dangerous prejudice.

When celebrated Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky visited South Africa in 1962, he defied racist laws to perform his music to a black audience.

The Hadza are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in the world. Could their diet hold lessons for everyone?

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

What is life like for those involved in Europe's great migration?

Our correspondent visits the ancient city of Harar as it celebrates its 1,010th anniversary.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir explores Sudanese women's appetite for weight gain pills.

The incident was recorded and shared widely on social media in Kenya three years ago.

Aston Villa sign full-back Ahmed Elmohamady from Hull City for £1m on a three-year contract.

Dramatic changes to the Africa Cup of Nations, including its expansion and changing its timing, now await rubber-stamping by Caf's executive committee.

Prudence Mabele was one of the first South African black women to say publicly she had HIV.

Zimbabwe police say the child was relieving herself at night when she was dragged away.

ANC MP Makhosi Khoza has been sent death threats, saying she has 21 days to live.

Go behind the scenes with the BBC team as they trek deep into the rainforest of Madagascar to report on illegal sapphire mining, which is threatening rare lemurs.

The UN refugee agency says traffickers on the migrant route from Libya are becoming ever more ruthless.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela says South Africa is in a political crisis and the ANC has "messed up".

The Africa Cup of Nations could be moved to June or July as part of changes being discussed by the continent's ruling body.