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The decision comes after the election of a new president, and a surge in attacks by al-Shabab.

The Home Office begins issuing formal paperwork to migrants, but legal challenges are expected.

Chris Hughton wants Ghana to build the "best team possible" ahead of the World Cup, and is keen for members of the diaspora to join the national squad.

Despite efforts to eradicate child marriage, the practice still persists in Chad which has one of the highest rates in the world.

A traditional leader feels his people were dealt a cruel blow when absorbed into Sudan a century ago.

Zouheir El Moutaraji scores both goals for Morocco's Wydad Casablanca as they win the African Champions League title by beating Egypt's Al Ahly.

The fighting in the north degenerated from a dispute between two men, the government says.

Samuel Kanu was taken in the south-east where separatists have been agitating for a breakaway state.

Misleading images and manipulated videos are already being widely shared as campaigning begins.

After rape in Senegal was finally made a serious crime, a pop star dared to tell her own story.

BBC Africa Eye meets the migrants who risk everything to go deep underground in South Africa’s abandoned gold mines.

Police say the crowd became "uncontrollable" at a charity event where food was handed out to the poor.

Beza, also known as Mama Whistle, explains her strict hygiene rules for her restaurant in Addis Ababa.

Lifting the African Champions League remains the pinnacle for players based on the continent, say former winners Junior Ajayi and Mbwana Samatta.

The men were trapped underground in a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso for six weeks.

As the price of wheat shoots up, Uganda's President Museveni urges people to eat cassava instead.

Tunisian club US Monastir win the Basketball Africa League title after beating Petro de Luanda 83-72 in Kigali, Rwanda.

More than 800 delegates are choosing which of the 14 candidates will stand for the PDP next February.

Yakubu Aku remembers the sequence of events as kidnappers attacked the Kaduna-bound train two months ago.

Politicians, journalists and militia men are targeted, leaving former allies feeling betrayed.