Gambian entrepreneur Momarr Taal has created a business processing, drying and exporting mangoes.

Zeinab Badawi visits Aksum in Ethiopia - home, according to local tradition, of the legendary Queen of Sheba and the sacred Ark of the Covenant.

Senegal's parliamentary elections on 30 July are widely seen as a test run of the 2019 presidential polls.

Italy's cabinet backs sending ships, planes and personnel - but Libya denies asking for such help.

A constitutional change has been recommended to make sign language South Africa's 12th official language.