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BBC Monitoring profiles some possible successors to Algeria's president, including his own brother.

Confederation Cup winners Morocco's Raja Casablanca beat Champions League holders Esperance of Tunisia to win the African Super Cup.

Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo reveals he turned down a move to European giants Barcelona in January to continue his career in the Chinese Super League.

Protesters take to the streets days after the army called for the removal of President Bouteflika.

Continuing security restrictions mean tiny numbers will be allowed into Egypt's biggest domestic match between Al Ahly and Zamalek.

African music artists like Mr Eazi are using YouTube to build their audiences.

The family of Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was jailed in 2013 for protesting, say he has been freed.

Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana signs a one year extension with Ajax Amsterdam which will keep at the Dutch club until June 2022.

A flight-control feature activated before the Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed, a report says.

South Africa's Bongi Msomi is captain of the international side and a key player for Wasps in the Superleague, but what has it taken to get there?

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

Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut a year ago.

The study's authors say mistrust of health workers is making it much harder to tackle the disease.

The man is linked to a plot to kill the former head of Congo's presidential guard Ferdinand Mbaou.

The Gabon Football Federation are given the task of finding a new coach as Daniel Cousin's contract ends after African Cup of Nations failure.

Environmental activist Wonne Afronelly says she wants to clean up the city sitting at the mouth of the Niger River, which carries a lot of the world's plastic pollution.

A special operations team seizes the tanker hijacked by migrants who did not want to return to Libya.

Residents in a rural South African community get cheap online access from a network they own and run.

More than 100 migrants are said to have acted after they were told they be taken back to Libya.

The charges against the three schoolgirls, accused of "insulting the head of state", still stand.