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Ghana is seeking a $3bn loan from the IMF but the president is pushing ahead with a huge new cathedral.

An African Union spokesperson says that Sharon Bar-li was not the person accredited to attend.

Nigeria’s Central Bank launched newly designed naira aimed at curbing soaring inflation, cash hoarding and counterfeiting.

Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under a collapsed building almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed.

President Buhari vowed to defeat Boko Haram when elected in 2015. Is north-east Nigeria safe now?

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

AKA was gunned down outside a restaurant in Durban in what police suspect was a targeted killing.

South Africa is taking part in a naval exercise with Russia and China, to the dismay of the US.

The Mozambican priest suffered organ failure after almost four weeks without food or drink.

One of the three old banknotes will be reintroduced following angry protests around the country.

Anick and Destin were flown from a remote village of Muzombo to be separated.

With seven million registered voters, Nigeria's biggest city could hold the keys to the presidential villa.

The new docudrama is seeking to relate Africa's pre-colonial, female-focused history.

Two banks are reportedly set on fire by customers angered by a lack of new banknotes.

Kenya's Gloria Orwoba, who campaigns against "period poverty", says she was aware her trousers were stained.

A rights group criticises the UK after people were evicted from the British territory in the 1960s.

Only seven people are known to have survived after a boat sank on its way to Europe.

Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller tells BBC Sport about his testicular cancer diagnosis and comeback.

A 2022 peace deal halted Ethiopia's two-year civil war. Women say it did not stop the violence.

Nigeria and Ghana are known hubs for catfishing where users pretend to be someone they're not online as part of a romantic or financial scam.