Kenya census to include male, female and intersex citizens

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The national population census will recognise people who don't identify as either male or female.

Ransomware hits Johannesburg electricity supply

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A ransomware attack is blamed for causing electricity supply problems in South Africa's biggest city.

Fifa bans former Sierra Leone FA official for five years

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Former Sierra Leone Football Association official Abu Bakarr Kabba is the latest person to be banned by Fifa.

Boris Johnson: Should Africa shrug, smile or scowl?

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The age of empire is long gone, and the UK has to compete with other powers for influence in Africa.

Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2019

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

How women’s lives were revolutionised in Tunisia

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In August 1956 newly independent Tunisia introduced a set of laws which revolutionised women's lives.

Google Maps: Lagosians react to the new Nigerian accent

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The Google Maps navigation service now reads directions with a Nigerian accent.

Libya shipwreck: Scores of migrants feared drowned

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At least 115 people are missing and more than 130 have been rescued, a Libyan naval official says.

Obituary: Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi

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Beji Caid Essebsi was a secularist who became Tunisia's first freely elected president in 2014.

Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria

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Action Against Hunger is "strongly urging" captors to release the six employees.