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How an accidental fashion accessory is helping Zimbabwe's new president rebrand the country.

The innovators' school Twende in Tanzania is helping people invent solutions to local problems

Elizabeth Ohene explores whether it has inspired a generation of scientists and mathematicians.

More than five million Zimbabweans are going to the polls on 30 July to vote in historic elections. But what makes it different from previous votes?

Hundreds of lives may have been saved during the latest Ebola outbreak after one key development.

The family and friends of Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed tell the BBC what he was like when he was young.

When Nigeria Air launches in December it will try and succeed in a region of African carriers straddled with heavy losses.

A Sudanese photojournalist says she faces mockery and verbal harassment for working in the country as a woman.

One of four police dogs at Dar es Salaam port, Hobby's skills also include sniffing out guns and drugs.

Kenyan tour operators allege Tanzanian actions are affecting its tourism industry.

Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - and fraudsters are trying to hack them.

One of Africa's most experienced referee Senegal's Malang Diedhiou retires after taking charge of three matches at the 2018 World Cup.

Brighton sign South Africa striker Percy Tau on a four-year deal - and will loan him out for the upcoming season.

Olympic steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet is among more than 100 athletes and coaches facing disciplinary action for alleged doping offences.

Former Yemen coach Abraham Mebratu takes over in charge of the Ethiopian national the county's football federation announces.

Asylum seeker Mustafa Dawood fell to his death from a roof, now his family want answers.

Conservationists are crying foul over a high-speed railway being built through Nairobi National Park.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

The response to the global HIV pandemic is risking a resurgence of the disease, experts warn.

A French diplomat accuses Daily Show comedian Trevor Noah of denying the players' "Frenchness".