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The BBC investigates illegal and unsustainable fishing off the west coast of Africa to find out how one of the most fertile ecosystems on earth has been pushed to the brink.

More than 130 people, including young children, were killed in Saturday's attack in central Mali.

Chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam says the firms will be linked "well into the future".

The Somali Football Federation confirms former Ghana women's coach Bashir Hayford as the new national team boss.

Dogon-Fulani tensions have existed for a while but what is behind the increase in communal killings?

Three Burundian schoolgirls were arrested for defacing a photo of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

The United Nations says plans to classify female athletes by their testosterone levels, put forward by athletics' governing body, "contravene international human rights".

South Africa's coal power stations can't meet demand and are polluting the air local communities breathe.

Meet the men and women connecting - and sometimes disconnecting - residents of the city of Port Harcourt.

Wang Li Hong Sooma wants secondary schools students in Uganda to be able to speak China's dominant language.

Attackers dressed as traditional hunters target Fulani villagers in the Mopti region.

Huddersfield striker Steve Mounie scores to send Benin to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-1 victory over Emmanuel Adebayor's Togo in Cotonou.

Tanzania beat rivals Uganda 3-0 in Dar es Salaam on Sunday to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time since 1980.

The death of a fan in Harare overshadows Zimbabwe's qualification for the Nations Cup as the Warriors and DR Congo seal places at Egypt 2019 from Group G.

A science teacher who gives most of his salary to support poor pupils wins the Global Teacher Prize.

The protesters are demanding permanent contracts and better working conditions.

The archipelago stops the system of rotating the presidency around the three main islands every five years.

BBC reporter Pumza Fihlani gives a glimpse of what the trail of destruction in Mozambique looks like.

Ghanaian four-piece, Kwan Pa, are helping to revive traditional Palm Wine music's popularity.

The tropical cyclone took governments by surprise and caused widespread destruction across the region.