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Security forces surround a building in Somalia's capital after a suicide car bombing.

A selection of photographs from around the African continent over the past week.

It circulated three times the amount of banknotes it had been authorised to do, an investigation finds.

The Swiss bank has not commented on its role in what has become known as the "tuna bond" loan scandal.

A rival preacher challenges a South African pastor who was mocked for staging a bogus resurrection.

A large fire blazing in Mount Kenya is blamed on farmers clearing an area to plant marijuana.

The president wins 58% of the vote in an election in which two leading candidates were excluded.

Nigeria international Francisca Ordega becomes the latest African to move to the Chinese Women's Super League after signing for Shanghai W.F.C.

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse hands debut squad call-ups to four players ahead of the Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar and the friendly with Mali.

Former Zambia Football Association official Boniface Mwamelo confirms he intends to appeal his life ban imposed by Fifa on Wednesday.

Prosecutors say the driver left the train to argue with a colleague, but he blames corroded brakes.

The journalist asks if David Lammy's issue with her Comic Relief posts is "because she is white".

We spend a day with Abdoulaye as he shows us what it's like being 17 in Dakar.

The event is part of an effort to raise $1bn for infrastructure projects in the capital Addis Ababa.

Mauritania pledges to develop women's football after seeing its men's team qualify for the Nations Cup for the first time.

Five lessons from a controversial election.

Ivory Coast and Levante midfielder Cheick Doukoure is a major doubt for June's Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a knee ligament injury on Sunday.

Atiku Abubakar rejects President Buhari's re-election, calling it a return to "military dictatorship" .

Ivory Coast legend Kolo Toure has been confirmed as first team coach at Leicester City under new manager Brendan Rodgers

At least 25 people are killed after a train hits a platform at the Ramses Station and starts a blaze.