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What role do postcards and letters play in this digital age? Some businesses think there is a gap in the market.

The life story of Gambian property developer Adama Barrow, who has pulled off a Trumpian shock with his election win.

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

Up to 120,000 people risk starving to death amid the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, the UN warns.

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter speaks about how she has turned her life around and wishes her grandfather could see her now.

Crystal Palace's Pape Souare says he does not know if he will recover fully from the injuries he sustained in a car crash in September.

Ethnic cleansing is taking place in South Sudan, a UN panel says, warning of possible genocide.

The Gambia bans the internet and international phone calls, as President Jammeh seeks a fifth term.

Next week Ghana will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections and the economy is a key issue.

An Ethiopia opposition leader is arrested under the state of emergency after he returns from Europe.

If you like chocolate, Brexit and future trade negotiations should matter to you, writes BBC World News Komla Dumor Award winner Didi Akinyelure.

Cameroon players' union chief Geremi vows to address the lack of contract copies for local players in the country as uncovered by FIFPro.

In 1988 around 140 countries took part in the first World Aids Day to raise awareness of the epidemic

Palliative care nurse Lucy Finch talks about how witnessing an agonising death led her to set up Malawi's first hospice.

Gambian voters use marbles instead of ballot papers to vote in their presidential election in 1 December.

Large clinical trial for a vaccine to protect against HIV transmission is underway in South Africa.

Princess Kasune is one of Zambia's most outspoken Aids activists and was recently elected to become its first publicly known HIV-positive MP.

Suzy Eises is a saxophonist from Namibia who has shared the stage with South Africa’s Jimmy Dludlu and other African artists.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking her mother tongue.

Rwanda opens an inquiry into 20 French officials it suspects of involvement in the 1994 genocide.