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Abuja airport is shutting for six weeks with passengers being diverted to a tiny airport a two-hour drive away.

A charity backs swimming lessons in Zanzibar in an effort to stop people on the island from drowning.

The mayor of Senegal's capital is detained for allegedly embezzling nearly $3m, which he denies.

The head of Zimbabwean media company, AB Communications, gives her five tips for women who want to be successful in media.

South Africa halts ICC withdrawal after the High Court ruled it needed parliamentary approval first.

The armed thieves stole a haul of foreign currency in "Hollywood-style airport heist", reports say.

A powerful storm has brought strong winds and torrential rain to the island of Madagascar.

When the 2014 Ebola outbreak hit west Africa, the available vaccine had not been tested on humans.

Sudan and Somalia hit back at President Trump's new travel ban against six mainly Muslim nations.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa examines the attitude of Nigerians to holidaying, at a time when President Muhammadu Buhari has spent more than a month on "medical vacation" in the UK.

Populist politician Geert Wilders has turned his fire on Moroccans, but his campaign is faltering.

How a school science lab experiment is helping tackle the polluting smog that chokes Egypt's cities.

Mona Eltahawy was fed up of being lectured to by strangers - and so are thousands of others.

The initiatives aiming to help female flower pickers in Kenya fight sexual harassment and earn higher wages.

A mysterious case of pollution has turned Port Harcourt, known as "The Garden City", into a city covered in soot.

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

A "haunted" complex, a film named "African Storm", a tribute to a dead leader and more.

A group of local artisans is trying to preserve their island's buildings.

Salome Karwah was a Time magazine person of the year - but died after hospital neglect, her husband says.

New season of satirical programme What's Up Africa begins in Kenya, which has threatened to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).