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Safa president Danny Jordaan tells former Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey not to "rush things" as he recovers from a serious heart attack.

Thousands of people march in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down.

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia is using violence ahead of elections, a rights group says.

This year's Lagos Photo Festival in Nigeria brings together well-known photographers and their take on identity in Africa.

The yes campaign has won 93% of the vote in Sunday's referendum on a new Ivory Coast constitution.

Cyclists and motorists in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, are being forced to pay parking fees for the first time.

Eleven people are arrested in Morocco after a fish-seller was crushed to death in a refuse truck prompting days of protests.

More than 200 migrants cross barbed-wire border fences to reach Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco.

Egypt coach Hector Cuper names a 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup showdown against Ghana later this month.

The first graduates from Namibia's own medical school are now on the wards and the BBC's Pumza Fihlani finds out what difference they are making.

Milton Nkosi looks at the implications of the dropping of fraud charges against South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

MHD, a rapper from Paris, is pioneering a new genre of hip-hop, Afro Trap, blending trap music from the southern US with Afro music, reflecting his Senegalese and Guinean heritage.

#BringBackOurGirls was a global campaign to free girls and women who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Now some are free, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at what lies ahead for them.

The UN says it has negotiated the release of 876 children held as suspects by the Nigerian army.

Kenyan schoolchildren are barred from entering examination rooms with clipboards and geometry set boxes in a bid to curb a big cheating problem.

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

Prince Harry says the experience of helping to move African elephants across Malawi was "amazing".

Nigeria will invest $10bn (£8bn) on developing its oil-rich south in an attempt to end an insurgency by militants, the oil minister says.

Algeria appoint Belgian Georges Leekens as their new national coach, just 16 days before a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.

Local footballers in Gabon, the host nation of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, threaten to go on strike in a row over non-payment of salaries.