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Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims descend on Senegal's holy city of Touba for the annual Magal festival.

Bournemouth striker Benik Afobe chases more Premier League starts and a place at the Africa Cup of Nations.

How BBC AFOTY 2016 nominee Andre Ayew built his career, starting at FC Nania, a club close to his family's heart, before ending up at West Ham.

We look at the path BBC AFOTY 2016 nominee Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang took to building his successful career starting at Dijon before ending up at Borussia Dortmund.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene explains the hidden meanings of parables during election season.

Nigeria begin the defence of their women's Africa Cup of Nations title with an impressive 6-0 victory over Mali in Limbe.

A human rights scholar and lawyer in Lusaka says the Football Association of Zambia should include a non-discrimination clause in their constitution.

Photographer Peter Caton's images of Yasmin and her family in a remote village in Chad, West Africa, mark Universal Children's Day.

A proud practitioner of female genital mutilation tells Tulip Mazumdar it's about tradition - but also about hard cash.

A sinkhole opened in a road in the Algerian capital Algiers on Friday night, injuring 11 motorists.

Pope Francis names 17 new cardinals from around the world, many of whom will help name his successor.

The head of the journalists' union in Egypt gets a two-year prison term for "harbouring fugitives".

Top African writers at Nigeria's Ake Arts festival give the BBC their take on what stories need to be told.

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

An HIV-positive Malawian man is found guilty for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows as part of an outlawed cultural practice.

In Zambia, fuel subsidies have been cut and the cost of transport has risen by 25%.

At least 56 people die and 108 are injured as a fuel tanker explodes in Mozambique near the border with Malawi.

Vasectomy operations on men in Kenya are live streamed from a theatre in the capital as part a campaign to promote the sterilisation procedure.

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda tells the BBC the war crimes court will survive despite a wave of defections.

Farmers in Nigeria are taking full advantage of the growing demand for giant African land snails.