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The South African artist Beezy Bailey has paid tribute to his friend David Bowie who died on Sunday at the age of 69.

More than half of children in South Sudan are not in school, the highest proportion in any country, UN children's agency Unicef says.

The Ethiopian government has been accused of stifling public dissent over the Oromo protests.

Tributes are being paid to the Somali composer, playwright, actor and poet Ali Sugule Egai, who has died at the age of 80.

Nigeria's 2016 budget documents have gone missing at the country's parliament, an MP who requested anonymity tells the BBC.

A court in Zimbabwe throws out a "criminal insult" charge brought against a ruling party MP accused of calling first lady Grace Mugabe a "fool".

Ghana's president strongly defends the government's decision to allow two Yemenis freed from Guantanamo Bay to live in the West African state.

Kenya's evangelical churches condemn government plans to make it tougher for religious bodies and clerics from all faiths to operate.

The ex-wife of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony says she is yet to be fully reintegrated into the society years after fleeing from the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Social changes to watch out for in Africa in 2016

The former footballer reflects on the night his heart stopped for 78 minutes and reveals who he owes his life to.

Students at Kenya's Garissa University College are resuming classes nine months after an attack by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.

The Bamako bikers who gather each Sunday to show off

The unsung women of Africa who change lives for the better

Hundreds have died in Burundi since the president announced he would be running for a third term last year.

Falling commodity prices, China's slowdown and other problems mean a bleak new year in store

Jumping for joy, camel rides and mountain pilgrimages

Nigeria has been battling the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram for the past six years but for some people life is now getting back to some degree of normality.

How Africa has been affected by Middle East dispute

Car in roof, Lupita's twirl, queen's selfie and a supermoon