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Delphine Traore Maidou is the head of Allianz Global Corporate in Africa and she wants to see more people who "look like her" in the top jobs.

Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has said that he will set up a special team to investigate corruption but said it would be independent "to take the politics out of it".

South Africa's scrubland plant "fynbos" has helped nursery owner Jacky Goliath develop her business.

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh says he will launch a legal challenge after his election defeat.

Sofiane Boufal scores his first Premier League goal as his spectacular strike from 25 yards gives Southampton a win over Middlesbrough.

At least 39 people are dead after a fuel tanker explodes on a road in Naivasha, Kenya.

A roof collapses during a church ceremony in south-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 100 people.

The African champions, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, lose 2-0 to Japan's Kashima Antlers in the quarter-final of the Fifa Club World Cup.

A powerful blast kills at least 16 people near the port of the Somali capital Mogadishu.

A crash and fire involving an oil tanker on a road in Kenya kill at least 30 people.

At least 60 people are killed when a church roof collapses in Uyo, south-eastern Nigeria.

One woman isn't letting drought, emigration and politics stand in the way of her fashion dreams.

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat.

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia surprised the world earlier this month when he lost elections - the BBC's Umaru Fofana looks at the reasons behind his defeat.

It used to be a cultural taboo for a woman to ask for sexual gratification in Nigeria, but there's a mini-revolution going on the in bedroom, writes the BBC's Bola Mosuro.

Ghana's opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins Wednesday's presidential election.

Cameroon's "protected" Penja pepper has helped to transform the region, economically.

A new three-word postal system is introduced in Ivory Coast, allowing the whole country to receive mail.

As Kenya prepares to export oil, the promise of petrodollars has generated high expectations.

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