Fixing cars and stereotypes in Senegal

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Fatou Sylla explains how she and a friend set up a female-run car repair business in Senegal.

West Africa’s biggest solar plant

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While Senegal experiences a huge investment in solar energy, many people living in rural communities are yet to see the benefits.

Gilbert Deya: ‘Miracle babies’ pastor extradited to Kenya

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An evangelist, who said he could make infertile women pregnant, is charged with stealing children.

Rwanda election: President Paul Kagame wins by landslide

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The electoral commission announces he has won a third term in office.

Kenya election: Are voters being targeted with fake news?

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The presidential election on 8 August will see incumbent President Kenyatta run against his main challenger, opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Celebration and confrontation

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

Kenya Election 2017: What you need to know

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A visual guide to the key issues, candidates and risks ahead of Kenya's general election on 8 August.

Kenya Election 2017: What you need to know

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A visual guide to the key issues, candidates and risks ahead of Kenya's general election on 8 August.

A strain on the marriage

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The BBC's Dickens Olewe reports on how election tensions can make life difficult for couples from different ethnic backgrounds.

Ivory destroyed in New York’s Central Park

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$10m (£7.6m) worth of ivory is crushed in Central Park, New York.