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How Louis Houenoude went from being a barber shop sign painter in Benin to having an exhibition in Finland.

The Ethiopian capital marks Car Free Day to promote a healthy lifestyle and fight air pollution.

Battling heat and humidity to complete the marathon in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

Reuters photographer Simon Dawson captures African Christian communities in London.

Body armour, like that worn by DR Congo's new president, can save lives but presents problems if you want to be discreet.

Kenyan TV presenter Waihiga Mwaura looks back at traumatic week following the hotel siege in Nairobi.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Timket, or Epiphany, marking the baptism of Jesus.

The organisation wants final results to be suspended because of concerns over irregularities.

Government forces allegedly fired directly at demonstrators demanding the president's resignation.

Brazilian former world footballer of the year Rivaldo joins Moroccan third division side Chabab Mohammedia as technical director.

Everton striker Oumar Niasse joins Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.

Martin O'Neill makes Leicester defender Yohan Benalouane his first signing since becoming Nottingham Forest manager.

Ghanaian undercover reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas says his team face daily death threats.

Coding Girls is giving young girls in Nigeria the chance to get into what is a male-dominated sector.

Egypt is the first Arab country to authorise the sale of flibanserin - but how well is it going down?

A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week.

Kirk Woodman was kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen from a mine in the northern part of the country.

Ronald Ngeno was inside the DusitD2 business complex in Nairobi when the terror attack started.

Former VP Atiku Abubakar is the main rival to President Muhammadu Buhari in upcoming elections in Nigeria.

At least 21 people were killed when al-Shabab militants stormed the luxury Nairobi hotel complex.