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The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.

BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours.

Ethiopia's army says it has seized control of several towns in the northern region of Tigray.

Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.

Al Ahly beat city rivals Zamalek 2-1 in the African Champions League final in Cairo thanks to Mohamed Magdy's sensational late winner.

The shooting during a protest against police brutality at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos led to global condemnation.

The Tunisian referee from England's infamous defeat by Argentina at the 1986 World Cup says he is "proud and honoured" to have helped Diego Maradona score the 'goal of the century'.

The 21 travellers were bound for the UAE - which has already stopped issuing visas to Kenyans.

The prime minister was left with no option but to respond with force, the attorney general says.

Esra, a former political prisoner in Egypt describes the physical abuse she experienced while in detention.

The government is hoping for a quick victory in Tigray but it may not be that simple.

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

Cameroon's PWD Bamenda are set for the Champions League five years after being in the fourth-tier all against a backdrop of political tension and violence.

Friday's African Champions League final between Egyptian giants Al Ahly and Zamalek is the first between clubs from the same country.

William Moss of Johns Hopkins university doesn't expect the vaccines to be available in Africa until late 2021.

The BBC's Anne Soy reports that aid agencies are struggling to cope as refugees continue to arrive.

PM Abiy Ahmed says the military will try not to harm civilians and urged people to stay at home.

With communications largely cut to the Tigray region, both sides in the conflict are trying to control the narrative.

The conservation charity is accused of working with guards who allegedly tortured and killed people.

The team had feared the owners of the rings, inscribed with the names Ahmed and Doudou, were dead.