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Ivory Coast and Ghana start using Covid vaccines provided by a scheme to help poorer nations.

A reward system for kidnappers is fuelling mass abductions of students in northern Nigeria.

There were mixed fortunes for South African clubs in two delayed African Champions League ties.

A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa is on a mission to some dangerous and drug-infested areas.

Seven immigrants re-live the terrifying moment when they saved two boys from a burning flat in Grenoble.

Human rights violations have taken place in Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

Lucy's dream of working in the Middle East turned into a nightmare of abuse. She's not the only one.

A devaluing currency and hard economic conditions make cryptocurrencies attractive despite the risks.

Some 317 girls remain missing in Zamfara state, but 42 people abducted in Niger state are freed.

South Sudan captain Amy Lasu says women's football in the country is "on the right track" following the start of its first women's league.

Three gay Ugandans in fear of being deported from the UK tell their stories of torture and terror.

A photo archive reveals John F Kennedy's efforts to court African leaders in the post-colonial era.

The Libya Football Federation announces the first steps towards the lifting of a ban on its stadiums being used for international matches.

A teacher in the north-western Zamfara state tells the BBC at least 300 girls are unaccounted for.

Eritrean troops killed hundreds in Aksum in Ethiopia's Tigray region, witnesses tell Amnesty and the BBC.

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

Caster Semenya will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners.

The defence minister said people should at times provide their own security but it is not that easy.

An NGO is training and paying communities in Kenya to catch locusts, so they can be turned into animal feed.

The use of long-distance bombs is part of a new tactic by Islamist militants, local officials say.