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Young South Africans tell the BBC what issues matter to them ahead of hotly contested local elections.

South Africa's ANC party, which took power at the end of white-minority rule in 1994, is facing its toughest challenge - and not just from opposition parties in Wednesday's local elections, writes the BBC's Milton Nkosi.

Tunisia's parliament passes a vote of no confidence in the government of PM Habib Essid over what is seen as his failure to push through economic reforms.

Kenya is dealing with a wave of arson attacks that has seen more than 100 schools burnt down this year.

The UN Security Council authorises the deployment of a UN police force to Burundi to try to quell violence and human rights abuses.

Farming is seen as an unglamorous job across Africa, but the BBC's Sophie Ikenye finds some young professionals who are packing in the office job to return to the family farm.

Campaigners welcome the arrest of Egypt's first doctor to have been convicted of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM).

Chad's ex-ruler Hissene Habre is ordered to pay millions of dollars in compensation to victims of his crimes against humanity.

Emmanuel Koranteng explains why he gave up his accountant job in the US and to help his father grow pineapples in Ghana.

Dimakatso Nono, 34, left her job in finance to return to the family farm in South Africa and gives five tips on how to succeed as a farmer.

Despite the country's drought, some Kenyans are turning camel milk into a viable commercial business.

A much-sought-after natural fibre in the fashion world is mohair. Made from Angora goats, South Africa is the world's leading producer of it.

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

African migrants remain as determined as ever to reach Europe from Libya despite the growing number of deaths at sea.

South Sudanese supermodel’s quest to build bridges between two worlds.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers a dilemma over possible malaria prevention.

Musician Koffi Olomide is in custody in DR Congo, days after he was deported from Kenya for allegedly kicking one of his dancers.

US President Barack Obama's half-brother, Malik Obama, says he will vote for Donald Trump because he "comes across as a straightforward guy".

South Africa's public broadcaster is ordered to reinstate four journalists sacked for speaking out against censorship at the corporation.

An HIV-positive Malawian, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation traditions, is arrested on the orders of the president.