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Investors accuse South African firm of absconding with Bitcoin valued at billions of dollars.

The Extreme E motorsport series recently staged a race in Senegal 'to show the effect of climate change'.

A selection of the week's best photos of Africans from across the continent and elsewhere.

When all Uganda's schools closed due to the pandemic, nine-year-old Teddy joined her mother mining for gold.

Recent years have seen a dramatic re-engagement with Africa, especially the Nile Basin countries.

Kidnappers have seized more than 1,000 students and staff in raids on schools in northern Nigeria since December.

Gosiame Sithole was not recently pregnant and is receiving psychological support, officials say.

The Uganda Olympic Committee announces a second member of its delegation in Japan for the Olympic Games has tested positive for Covid-19.

Eyewitnesses told the BBC that the Ethiopian air force struck a market near the region's capital.

Reverend Paul Obayi preserves artefacts burnt by preachers who see them as symbols of idolatry.

Rebel forces claim to have seized several towns, which the army has dismissed as "fake news".

Trabzonspor's Nigerian footballer Anthony Nwakaeme says he smiles at racists fans in order to silence them.

It is the first African country to get money for reducing carbon emissions through forest protection.

Haneen Hossam appealed for clemency after being sentenced to 10 years in jail for human trafficking.

Gloria Tumushabe is the founder of Afro Fem Coders which aims to teach Ugandan women how to code.

Ethiopians took to the polls in what is seen as PM Abiy Ahmed's biggest electoral test since taking power in 2018.

There are chronic shortages in some nations where Covid infections are surging, a key official says.

The UN says 350,000 people are living in famine conditions after eight months of war in the region.

The Gambia's national football squad boycotts a meeting with the country's President Adama Barrow in a row over bonuses.

The Ethiopian prime minister casts his vote in a key election for the country amid rising tensions.