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Seven million people are casting their vote in Senegal as they choose their new president.

Gunmen rode through the school in Kuriga in north-western Nigeria seizing children as young as eight.

The election was due last month but the outgoing president postponed it, triggering deadly protests.

Record levels of crime are driving more and more people to buy firearms to protect themselves.

Record levels of crime are driving more and more people to buy firearms to protect themselves.

Their rivalry underpins a big divide in the nation, regarded as a beacon of West African democracy.

Their rivalry underpins a big divide in the nation, regarded as a beacon of West African democracy.

Those who died were believed to be being smuggled through the desert to reach the Mediterranean coast.

Markus Jooste dies one day after being ordered to pay a $25m fine for accounting fraud in South Africa.

President Museveni has denied speculation that he is grooming his son as his successor.

Nathan Doualla is cleared to play in Cameroon's Elite League play-offs without revealing how the international midfielder proved his identity amid age cheating allegations.

Federal prosecutors accuse Rwandan-born Eric Nshimiye of concealing his involvement in mass murder.

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

How one man is secretly helping families pay kidnappers to release their relatives.

Macky Sall refuses to apologise for the deaths that followed the decision to postpone elections last month.

BBC teams report from the devastated capital and hear accounts of rapes and street executions from refugees.

BBC teams report from the devastated capital and hear accounts of rapes and street executions from refugees.

Fulham first team coach Luis Boa Morte will leave his role with the Premier League side at the end of the season to take charge of Guinea-Bissau.