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It may not be as prestigious as Champagne, but Ivory Coast wants to get a protected status for attieke, the national food. The BBC's Enoh N'Dri asks whether it will work.

The US launched air strikes on Islamic State targets in Libya this week. How did Libya get to this point?

Sadio Mane scores his first goal for Liverpool as they thrash Barcelona 4-0 in the International Champions Cup at Wembley.

South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance beats the African National Congress in local polls in Pretoria, in the ANC's worst election setback since 1994.

The BBC hears from people rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

South Sudan's government agrees to let in a new international protection force to try to save a peace deal, the Igad regional body says.

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994.

Nigeria is in chaos after nearly half of its U-17 squad are found to be over age ahead of African Nations' Cup qualifier.

Olufunke Oshonaike is about to appear at her sixth Olympic Games - only the second African woman to do so.

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) suffers its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994.

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has gained its lowest share of the vote since apartheid ended in 1994 - the BBC's Milton Nkosi looks at four things the poll has shown.

In Tanzania the government has banned sugar imports to protect the country's own sugar growers, but many food and drinks firms say this is affecting their production and profits.

Senegal's Lamine Sane and Nigerian duo Victor Obinna and Chinedu Obasi all sign for new clubs ahead of the new season in Europe.

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

Brazil experience a frustrating start to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as they are held by 10-man South Africa in Brasilia.

Wakonta Kapunda, 25, is paralysed from the neck down, so she uses her tongue to write film scripts as she pursues her dream of being a screenwriter.

Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram now has two rival leaders - Nigeria analyst Andrew Walker looks at whether the split will make it more or less dangerous.

Cheikhou Kouyate scores twice as West Ham mark the first match at their new home by beating NK Domzale to reach the Europa League play-off round.

The Egyptian military says it has killed the head of the Sinai branch of so-called Islamic State, along with dozens of its fighters, in air strikes.

The disputed leader of Boko Haram says he is still in charge of Nigeria's militant Islamist group despite a statement by so-called Islamic State that he had been replaced.