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How the country's former president is thwarting attempts to bar him from contesting the polls.

Rwanda is gearing up to welcome deported asylum seekers now the landmark UK bill has passed.

The two staff were arrested last Friday by the DR Congo army over alleged missing custom documentation on "valuable" cargo, KQ says - and more stories

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama gives a well-loved London landmark a bold pink makeover.

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is targeting the new malaria vaccines as African countries start their rollout.

Patients have been left without access to crucial services at state hospitals for a month.

Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.

The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.

Russ Cook, nicknamed "Hardest Geezer", has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.

The BBC's Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to survivors of the Rwanda genocide violence 30 years after she fled.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal's fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

The ICJ could order Israel to stop military action, in a high-profile case brought by South Africa.

Nelson Chamisa, who came second in elections last year, says his party has been "hijacked".

Captain Fredy says Angola are growing in confidence as the Palancas Negras write history at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

At least 43 people were killed in ethnic and religious violence in Plateau state, residents tell the BBC.

Top footballer Senzo Meyiwa was killed on the orders of singer Kelly Khumalo, a South African court hears.

Some say the comments are insensitive after 2,200 died of starvation and related illnesses in 2022.

The presidency scotches rumours that there is a plan to relocate the capital from Abuja.

Months after South Africa's deadliest fire, families are living in shacks with no power or water.