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The information minister says Nigeria is winning the war against insecurity and is negotiating with Twitter over the ban.

Roemello Shembe, 21, is building a business in one of Johannesburg’s most challenging townships.

When Djamel Ben Ismail went to fight forest fires in Algeria, his life was cut short by a raging mob.

The BBC is told they were forced to fight for Tigray's rebels, but were words put into their mouths?

A South African barista was offered a dream opportunity in Oman but unknowingly signed away his freedoms.

Holders Algeria face former winners Ivory Coast in group stage of next year's Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon after Tuesday's draw

Two-thousand Afghans will be taken in following a request from the US, the refugee minister says.

Legislation branded the "anti-miniskirt" law is annulled by Uganda's Constitutional Court.

After six attempts, Hakainde Hichilema has finally become president of Zambia.

People take to the streets following Hakainde Hichilema's landslide victory in Zambia's presidential elections.

Hakainde Hichilema wins a landslide at his sixth attempt, as President Edgar Lungu accepts defeat.

The Islamic police in Kano, Nigeria, say shop dummies with heads symbolise "idolatry" and are banned.

Who's preventing desperately needed aid supplies reaching Ethiopia's Tigray region?

Complex issues have been raised about policing speech and censoring unpopular voices.

The blazes in the mountainous Kabylie region are some of the worst in the country's history.

Dutch triple Olympic medallist Sifan Hassan has no regrets over leaving Ethiopia and calls for peace to stop more athletes following suit.

Sixty percent of Ghana's water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining operations.

The economy is struggling and there's a tense political atmosphere ahead of Thursday's elections.

Tanzania's president says there were people who doubted she was qualified.

When Samia Suluhu Hassan first became Tanzania's president some doubted her, she tells the BBC.