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The people of Ivory Coast are going to the polls on Sunday to approve or reject a draft constitution which the government says will address the question of identity which have been at the heart of years of unrest.

A South African businessman is trying to spread the entrepreneurial spirit, through a comic book.

A photo of a schoolboy in Ghana goes viral in South Africa, and raises thousands for his village.

The UN says 1.5 million people in southern Madagascar are facing hunger because of a severe drought.

Many people, from all over Africa, have emigrated to the United States and now live across the country.

Thousands civilians have been displaced in the ongoing fighting in South Sudan with some seeking refuge in protection sites across the country. The plight of an 11-year-old boy captures the suffering of many in the country. The BBC's Anne Soy reports.

South Sudan is the world's youngest country and much of its recent history, both before and since independence, has been characterised by violence.

Somali-Americans are tired of seeing themselves portrayed as terrorists. A new film tries to challenge stereotypes.

Sunderland manager David Moyes is sent to the stands as Southampton reach the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup.

Ethiopia withdraws troops from Somalia, where they had been fighting Islamist militants, and blames a lack of international support.

In Kenya, children who are born intersex cannot get birth certificates or identity cards, or register for exams.

Some 145 child soldiers fighting for two rebel factions in South Sudan have been released, Unicef says.

Mamelodi Sundowns arrive home in South Africa to a heroes' welcome after winning the African Champions League on Sunday.

The train which crashed last Friday in Cameroon was travelling at an "unusually" high speed, a top official of the French company that runs the railway line, says.

Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has her two-year ban doubled after an IAAF appeal was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

A young Tunisian woman was photographed naked by a friend of her father's. He then used the images to silence her - until one day she snapped and took a bloody revenge. This story is part of the BBC's Shame series, which examines a disturbing new phenomenon - the use of private or sexually explicit images to blackmail and shame young people, mainly girls and women, in some of the world's most conservative societies. Explore all the stories and join the conversation at www.bbc.co.uk/shame

The Gambia is the latest country to say it will leave the International Criminal Court, accusing it of humiliating Africans.

With Uganda's public education system reeling from absent teachers, poor facilities and high dropout rates, could private education be the answer?

America, a beacon of global democracy, is having a torrid presidential election and many Nigerians and other Africans are loving the irony on Twitter.

Smartphones and social media are colliding with notions of honour and shame in conservative societies - with devastating effects on the lives of some young women.