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Online groups are targeting and killing young men in Kenya they believe to be gang members.

A photographer breaks stereotypes in Senegal to show that men can be seen in public caring for their children.

On the fifth anniversary of the schoolgirls' kidnapping, more than 100 are still missing.

Photographer Sanlé Sory spent 25 years documenting night life in the West African country of Burkina Faso.

Capturing the defiant and growing crowds outside the army headquarters in Sudan's capital.

Yaya Toure says Leonardo Bonucci's suggestion that Juventus team-mate Moise Kean was partly to blame for the racist abuse he received is "unbelievable".

Sara is born amid Cyclone Idai flooding, 20 years after a similar birth during floods in the country.

A woman kidnapped from West Africa by slave traders lived until 1937 in Alabama, researchers say.

The captain of the Ghana's national women's side, Elizabeth Addo, says she is 'excited' about joining Chinese Super League team, Jiangsu Suning.

Jordan Kinyera goes through 18 years of education, becomes a lawyer and wins his father's court case.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 82, makes a rare appearance on state TV to hand in his resignation.

Celebrations filled the streets in Algiers after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his resignation

The Ivory Coast baseball team were hoping to qualify for the Olympics, but missed out due to funding.

Samuel Chukwueze says that wining the Nigeria Football Federation's Young Player award will keep him motivated for the future.

Women in Madagascar who have had life-changing surgery are helping others to get treatment.

Nigeria under-23 striker Taiwo Awoniyi admits his struggle to get a UK work permit may end his dreams of playing for Liverpool.

Born in Senegal and only a French citizen since 2016, Sibeth Ndiaye is the country's new voice.

Teacher Sackey Percy found fame after a video of him dancing with his students went viral.

Why women in Sudan have taken anti-government demonstrations to heart by using Facebook to expose abuse.

Highlights of the pontiff's weekend visit to the overwhelmingly Muslim country.