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'We are all one': The Egyptian teacher uniting Muslim and Christian children

Unicef says young girls are missing out on the joys of childhood as they are engaged in hours of domestic chores. From Africa, some young girls share what their daily routines look like.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Political protests which have swept through Ethiopia are a major threat to the country's secretive government, writes former BBC Ethiopia correspondent Elizabeth Blunt.

Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it was behind the attack which killed at least six people and wounded one in north-eastern Kenya.

South Africa complete the second-highest run chase in one-day international history as they beat Australia by four wickets in Durban.

A Chinese-built electric train service from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port in Djibouti opens with a test run for passengers.

Sixty-year-old Safiyo Jama Gayre tells the BBC why she was motivated to study law in Somalia.

An American woman dies in Ethiopia after the van she was travelling in was hit by stones during anti-government protests.

Nigeria is selling two of its presidential jets in bid to "cut down on waste", as the country suffers from its worst economic crisis in years.

Former Ghana coach Fred Osam Duodu, who won the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, dies after a short illness, aged 78.

Former Cameroon international Rigobert Song is flown from Cameroon to France for further treatment after coming out of a two-day coma.

The man behind attempts to develop synthetic rhino horn has told the BBC that he hopes to have a "bio-identical" product on the market in two years.

In Madagascar corpses are exhumed by their relatives as an act of love and respect for their ancestors.

How a popular actress broke a moral taboo - and why northern Nigeria's film industry is keen to be seen to be upholding a strict ethical code.

A look at what has sparked the biggest student protests to hit South Africa since apartheid ended in 1994.

Footage shows police using stun grenades and rubber bullets at South Africa's Wits University student protest.

Young men selling curious looking fluorescent bulbs mounted on pieces of wood is a common sight in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown.

Female dandy Barbara Yves shows there is no need to be a man to join the sapeur fashion movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa.

Highly-trained dogs, which abseil or parachute from helicopters, form part of the armoury for South Africa's anti-poaching forces.