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Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate is detained following a raid on his party's Kampala headquarters, one day after tightly contested elections.

More than 6,000 people have fled Mozambique to neighbouring Malawi after being caught up in fighting in the north of the country.

The subtle art of insulting a politician

She took her family to court in Niger to stop a forced marriage

Polls open in Uganda's presidential election, with incumbent Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 30-year rule.

The man who rescues Benin's mentally ill held in shackles

From crowdsourcing to TV debates in Uganda's election

Battered but not beaten

Today is the last day of campaigning ahead of Uganda's election.

Uganda holds an election this Thursday and President Yoweri Museveni's 30 years in power is at stake.

Activists in Nigeria say they will continue their campaign to secure the safety of more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.

A fall in the demand for copper is threatening to impact on the economy of mining towns in northern Zambia.

A band from a prison in Malawi has been nominated for a Grammy award in this year's World Music category.

Islamist militant group al-Shabab retakes Somalia's port city of Merca according to residents, while the African Union forces insist they still have control of the town

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara says he will not send any more Ivorians to the International Criminal Court, where his political rival is facing charges of crimes against humanity.

South African Tokyo Sexwale fails to win the support of the Confederation of Africa Football for his bid to become Fifa president.

A major rescue operation is under way after a building collapsed at the surface of a gold mine in South Africa, blocking off the main entrance.

Carnival preparations, body building and balloons on sale

Ajax Cape Town withdraw from the Confederation Cup because of concerns over how they will travel to face their Angolan opponents.

How an urban train network is expanding in the South African city of Johannesburg.