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Princess Kasune is one of Zambia's most outspoken Aids activists and was recently elected to become its first publicly known HIV-positive MP.

Suzy Eises is a saxophonist from Namibia who has shared the stage with South Africa’s Jimmy Dludlu and other African artists.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking her mother tongue.

Rwanda opens an inquiry into 20 French officials it suspects of involvement in the 1994 genocide.

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh tells the BBC he will never pardon imprisoned opposition activists.

A regional king in Uganda is charged with murder after clashes which killed more than 80 people.

Some streets in Sudan's capital Khartoum have been empty as people protest about rising prices by staying at home. A school teacher sent the BBC this message.

A major survey into global football shows that African footballers are often subjected to abuse, poor pay and job insecurity.

Three female cartoonists from North Africa depict how the practice of male guardianship continues to affect women's lives in their countries.

Fidel Castro, who died on Friday, played a crucial role in shaping southern Africa, writes Richard Dowden.

At least 14 die in a battle between police and militia allegedly linked to a traditional king.

The revelation that a South African pastor has been spraying insecticide on his church members in a healing ritual has shocked many but he is not the only self-styled pastor in Africa to resort to highly questionable practices.

Nigeria thrash Kenya 4-0 to reach the semi-finals of the women's Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon along with Ghana who beat Mali 3-1.

At least 11 are killed and 16 others injured as a car bomb hits a busy market in Mogadishu.

Taps seize to flow as water shortage hits Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

Zimbabwe's capital is suffering from a major water shortage - and a generation has grown up never having taken a shower.

A group of vintage air rally pilots lands in Kenya after being freed from detention in Ethiopia.

Kenya's top political show Jeff Koinange Live is dropped after a rape comment is made about a guest.

There is evidence of massive corruption in Somalia's ongoing elections, the auditor general tells the BBC.

With the collapse in the international oil price, Nigeria is under pressure to broaden its economic activity.