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The new Bombardier jets landed in Uganda bearing the national colours and symbol of the crane.

The protesters are digging in but it's unclear how they can persuade the army to hand over power.

The head of the military council tells the BBC force will not be used against protesting civilians.

The West African girl was forced to clean and cook for the Texas family for 16 years.

The French police and the Tunisian Football Federation are looking into suspicious betting patterns involving football matches in Tunisia.

Meet the choir in Nairobi promoting peace and education.

Nine-year-old chef Sammy started cooking two years ago and now works with local orphanages in Lagos.

It is a topic shrouded in shame, but traction alopecia may affect one-third of women of African descent.

With few street names in The Gambia, people have to get creative about giving directions.

A festival celebrating this year’s planting season brings together thousands of people in Nigeria.

Rights groups fear the referendum, which was organised in just a few days, won't be free or fair.

Nigerian Arinze Stanley Egbengwu creates hyper-realistic pictures that look like photographs.

Released Sudan activists describe being arrested and detained as protests continue in Khartoum.

Mr Trump's call suggests he endorses General Haftar, unlike some of his allies.

The British supermodel says she was told a photo campaign would not be used because of the "colour of [her] skin".

The transitional authority would replace the military junta which toppled President Bashir last week.

Morocco's Abderrazak Hamdallah breaks the scoring record in Saudi Arabia to equal the feat of Algeria's Baghdad Bounedjah in the Qatari league.

Former Angola star Quinzinho will be laid to rest in Portugal after his death near Lisbon earlier in the week.

President George Weah is working from home after two black snakes were found in his office building.

Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi wants to emulate his uncle, Jay-Jay Okocha, by winning the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt at the first attempt.