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After promising to not to extend his term of office in 2012 has Senegal's leader Macky Sall gone back on his word?

Sebastien Haller fired Ivory Coast into the 2023 Nations Cup final, having returned to action 13 months ago after testicular cancer.

The cost of the key ingredient for making chocolate has roughly doubled since the start of last year.

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

Trade unions have warned that the 15% tax on domestic users will worsen the cost-of-living crisis.

A total of 13 bodies have been recovered, while 27 people are still missing, an official says.

South Africa's Tyla beat Nigerian superstars at the Grammys - but their footballers get revenge.

Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong says lifting the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations trophy would be an "amazing" moment.

Kelvin Kangethe allegedly killed his girlfriend in the US last October before flying to Kenya.

Sebastien Haller scores the winner as 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast beat DR Congo to set up a final against Nigeria.

The internet outage comes on top of a 10-month civil war which has forced nine million from their homes.

An anaesthetist tells the BBC he was taken from his hospital for training to combat jihadists.

The west African nation has never had a coup but many are worried that recent unrest could escalate.

Senegal is seen as a bastion of democracy in West Africa, yet its polls were delayed with three weeks to go.

"They need cold beer on these beaches," one businessman tells the BBC on the Indian Ocean islands.

South Africa's Tyla beats four Nigerian stars at the Grammys, as the rivals prepare for the Afcon semi-final.

James Landale travels with the UK Africa minister to northern Ethiopia, where the situation is deteriorating.

Nationals from Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Sadc states are now exempted from visa requirements - and more stories

The veteran of his country's independence struggle revealed he had cancer last month.

Rising cases of femicide reveal entrenched sexist attitudes in the East African nation.