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The US and Uganda are stopping the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony but he is still a threat.

Italy's coastguard pull a man to safety after he was left clinging to a ship's rudder in the Mediterranean.

Feelings are heightened in South Africa over the safety of women, writes the BBC's Nomsa Maseko following a series of violent attacks against women.

Why a bitter row has broken out between Egyptians and Sudanese on social media.

The politician was being investigated for the shooting of renowned conservationist Kuki Gallman.

The president, wanted by the ICC on war crimes charges, cites unspecified "private reasons".

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos says the Joel Matip "case" is closed and the defender is no longer in his plans.

A mutiny by soldiers in Ivory Coast is threatening to destabilise business confidence in the country.

The new French leader is visiting French soldiers fighting Islamic militants for more than four years.

Salomon Kalou is included in coach Marc Wilmots first squad as the new Ivory Coast coach as they prepare to play the Netherlands and Guinea.

MEP Mario Borghezio had made racist remarks about Cécile Kyenge, who was born in the DR Congo.

Most of those killed are linked to a faction allied to self-styled general Khalifa Haftar.

A group of homeless men in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, have found solace and hope in performing Shakespeare plays.

Rising Zambian referee Jan Sikazwe is ready for his latest assignment at the Fifa under-20 World Cup in South Korea.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

The 17-year-old girl had arrived from West Africa after being offered work as a cleaner, police say.

In April 2014 Islamist militants kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria.

Filmmaker Danny Boyle travels to the townships of Johannesburg to search for talented dancers.

The lawyer behind the release of 82 women captured by Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

The death penalty has been introduced for kidnapping after a spate of abductions in Lagos, Nigeria.