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Locust-trackers in Kenya are fighting to control the country's worst invasion of locusts for more than 70 years.

A Nigerian photographer reimagines Yoruba fashion from the 1970s.

Saniniu Laizer sold two Tanzanite stones, with a combined weight of 15kg, for £2.4m.

Armed men reportedly stormed the compound and destroyed a building under construction.

Joice Etutu explains why Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa are both important and controversial.

Lesotho's Kick4Life FC say they will be the first top flight club in the world to pay the same to their men's and women's teams.

Zimbabwe's first film to be featured on the streaming service is a tale of hope in a chaotic country.

Belly Mujinga's husband says the Black Lives Matter protesters are helping to keep her case going.

The Nigerians were allegedly forced to work throughout a Covid-19 lockdown that began in March.

Duncan Ndiema pleads not guilty to the murder of a 13-year-old while imposing Covid-19 restrictions.

The Ikorodu Bois are using everyday household items to recreate famous movie trailers and TV shows.

President Peter Mutharika battles for re-election after irregularities voided last year's result.

The first black person to complete his studies at Eton was banned from the school in 1972.

Nigerian Dillibe Onyeama was the first black student to complete his studies at the elite British school.

ASC Kara's Kossi Koudagba - top scorer in Togo for two years in a row - has died of chronic malaria aged 25.

Etinosa Yvonne's photographs challenge stereotypical representations of women during the pandemic.

The anti-corruption commission threatens to take people's assets if they cannot explain their origin.

Militants blow up their car at a military checkpoint and detonate bombs at a military official's house.

Domestic workers have been left homeless and unpaid amid an ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon, heightened by the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK's new hard-nosed approach to African aid is greeted with cynicism, writes the BBC's Andrew Harding.