Why the stakes are so high in the nation's first attempt at free and fair elections.
A selection of the week's best photos of Africans from across the continent and elsewhere.
Nigeria's Boko Haram confirms that its leader Abubakar Shekau has been killed.
Kaunda was one of Zambia's founding fathers who helped achieve independence from Britain in 1964.
The first president of an independent Zambia, who became one of Africa's elder statesmen, dies at 97.
Ghanaian sports medicine expert Dr Prince Pamb is confident a collapse like Christian Eriksen's could be dealt with similarly at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Rivers United boss Stanley Eguma, the longest serving coach in the Nigerian Professional Football League, has been abducted.
Laurent Gbagbo was taken to the ICC in 2011 on charges of crimes against humanity.
Famine conditions and insecurity in Tigray as well as upcoming elections affect the future of Ethiopia.
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