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Attacks by the Islamic State group lead to a dramatic fall in tourism in parts of North Africa, where millions rely on the trade, new figures show.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) names three militants who it says carried out last week's hotel attack in Burkina Faso, killing 29 people.

Senegalese President Macky Sall suggests his term in office should be reduced by two years - bucking the trend for African leaders to hold on to power.

Germany says North African countries cannot expect development aid if they refuse to take back failed asylum seekers.

A survivor of the terror attack in Burkina Faso which saw at least 29 people from 9 different countries die has spoken about the moment he was shot.

C onservationists have brought a new perspective to their work, by showing the release of sea turtles, from the point of view of the turtle.

Should a controversial statue come down?

Why Ethiopia dropped plans to expand its capital after deadly protests

Each week about 200 Syrian refugees are being given safe passage from Melilla, an autonomous Spanish enclave on the North African coast to Spain, as Chris Morris reports.

How to make money from recycling electronic waste

People in Burkina Faso campaign for the release of an Australian doctor and his wife, kidnapped the same day as the attack on the capital.

The first of three days of national mourning have begun in the West African state of Burkina Faso, after at least 28 people were killed in an attack by Islamist militants.

Helping Kenyan couples have children without risk of HIV

A study in Kenya has found that HIV drugs could reduce transmission between couples where one partner has HIV and the other doesn't

Burkina Faso's government says 26 people were killed and a further 56 injured after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, popular with foreigners.

The BBC's Thomas Fessy explains how the siege started in Burkina Faso's capital and how special forces brought it to an end.

US hostage on avoiding Burkina Faso attackers

How one African shoemaker is feeling the benefit of the rising US dollar.

Somalia's media is now bound by a new law which could put many journalists out of a job

Anger over Tanzania demolitions to prevent flooding