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Kenyans spent several hours with electricity this week, what are the underlying causes?

In Kenya, around 200 children are currently held in confinement with their mothers who are serving prison sentences.

Six of Seychelles' most prominent citizens face charges amid a government crackdown on corruption.

The restored archive of a rural Ugandan photographer is helping people reconnect with their past.

Kenyans called for a KFC boycott after it was discovered that its fries were imported from Egypt.

The hospital treating Surafeal in Ethiopia's Tigray region is also running out of food.

African music from the 1980s is being digitised thanks to a young Parisian producer.

One day after a fire at the parliament building in Cape Town, crews are tackling another blaze.

Kadialy Kouyate is a Senegalese kora player teaching the only university-led course in the UK.

The anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner died last Sunday, aged 90.

Computer scientist Erico Pinheiro has invented a drone system to deliver medical supplies to the remote communities of his island nation Cape Verde.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner's body will lie in state in a simple coffin for two days.

Isabel dos Santos, daughter of a former Angolan president, is accused of "significant corruption".

The restrictions appear to be some of the strictest in the world, with no option to self-isolate.

The Basketball Africa League hopes to expand further in the future, with the second season in 2022 set to see 38 games in Senegal, Egypt and Rwanda.

Chelsea's Senegalese Edouard Mendy became the first African goalkeeper to win the Uefa Champions League this year.

Loharano has avoided the fate of many in southern Madagascar through the use of new farming methods.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Why fintech, healthcare and green economy hold the key for African economies in 2022.

It's reported that up to one million doses of Covid vaccine in Nigeria have expired and are to be destroyed.