‘Proud to be young’ – Beauty queen, lawyer and Botswana’s youngest cabinet minister

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Lesego Chombo tells the BBC she was appointed by the president before he had even met her.

‘I screamed’: Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to Lagos

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The Doctor will be transported to Lagos in the first ever episode set primarily in an African country.

‘I screamed’: Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to Lagos

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The Doctor will be transported to Lagos in the first ever episode set primarily in an African country.

‘I screamed’: Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to Lagos

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The Doctor will be transported to Lagos in the first ever episode set primarily in an African country.

No water, no power – Port Sudan reeling after week of attacks

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The city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments.

No water, no power – Port Sudan reeling after week of attacks

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The city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments.

No water, no power – Port Sudan reeling after week of attacks

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The city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments.

South Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees

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Reports say the first set of white South Africans could arrive in the US next week.

UK mercenary and coup plotter Simon Mann dies

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He was arrested in 2004 after being part of a failed coup to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's ruler.

Fashionistas and flippers: Africa’s top shots

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