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The oil giant's Nigerian subsidiary is ordered to pay compensation to farmers.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

The African Union secures an additional 400 million doses of Covid-19 jabs for poorer nations.

The ruling should enable Mauritius to start settling its new maritime borders in the Indian Ocean.

Maj Fatima Isaacs led a three-year legal battle for her religious right to wear a headscarf.

Guinea score late to earn a quarter-final spot at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) as Zambia also progress.

A phone call in the middle of the night led one Swiss lawyer to pursue Nigeria's stolen money.

"Credible reports" show they were involved in human rights abuses, the state department said.

No countries are safe until all are vaccinated, a leading Covid-19 expert says.

The man who dominated life for a generation is remembered as a caring disciplinarian.

Jamaica defender Alvas Powell signs for Sudan's Al Hilal Omdurman from David Beckham's MLS side Inter Miami.

The deal aims to increase the relatively low trade between African countries.

African basketball stars discuss Kobe Bryant's legacy one year since his death in a helicopter crash.

No reason was given but the country continues to grapple with insecurity and an Islamist insurgency.

The animals are being nursed back to health at a zoo after Austrian airport security spotted them.

Elephant tusks and rhino horns "hidden inside African masks" were exported, US prosecutors say.

Tributes have been paid to former Botswana coach David Bright who has died after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Foreign investment into solar products are helping to plug Zambia's power shortage problems.

Zimbabwean doctor Dixon Chibanda explains why it's so vital that Zimbabwe gets vaccines urgently.

Thirty years since Somalia plunged into civil war, BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding has returned to Mogadishu to see what hopes people have for peace.