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DR Congo's TP Mazembe are crowned the 2016 African Confederation Cup winners after a resounding victory over Mouloudia Bejaia of Algeria in Lubumbashi.

A gunman fires into a crowd watching the English Premier League, killing 11 and injuring 16.

One of the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram has been found with a baby, the military says.

Egypt raises energy prices by nearly 50% per cent, a day after floating the country's currency.

Africans in the US are divided over which presidential candidate to support.

Negeri Lencho, a former journalism lecturer, appointed this week as Ethiopia's new communications minister, tells the BBC he supports more freedom for the press.

Tanzania's President John Magufuli is marking a year in office, but celebrations are unlikely to be extravagant.

With the economy in recession, Nigeria's popular television programme The Johnsons attempts to lighten the mood.

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

Tanzania's president John Magufuli marks one year in office today. What has he achieved? The BBC's Dickens Olewe reports on the highs and lows.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa looks at why it is a good idea for Nigeria to reintroduce history as a school subject.

Kenya condemns the sacking of the South Sudan UN force head and says it will withdraw its troops.

A probe finds evidence of possible corruption at the top level of South Africa's government.

Theresa Kachindamoto, a senior chief of a district in Malawi, has terminated 840 marriages, sending the young couples back to school.

Safa president Danny Jordaan tells former Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey not to "rush things" as he recovers from a serious heart attack.

Thousands of people march in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down.

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia is using violence ahead of elections, a rights group says.

This year's Lagos Photo Festival in Nigeria brings together well-known photographers and their take on identity in Africa.

The yes campaign has won 93% of the vote in Sunday's referendum on a new Ivory Coast constitution.

Cyclists and motorists in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, are being forced to pay parking fees for the first time.