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Graphic novel artist Loyizo Mkize is well-known in his native South Africa. But last month he burst the boundaries of his popularity by signing a contract with the giant American comics publisher DC Comics.

There is exultation in Kenya’s Shona community as nearly 2,000 of the formerly stateless members are given ID cards and citizenship, which will transform their lives. Plus, more than 354 million people live with hepatitis around the world, leading to over a million deaths every year. On World Hepatitis Day, our correspondents in Gabon speak to campaigners hoping to make treatment more affordable.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria takes responsibility for failings that sees 10 athletes ruled ineligible for the Tokyo Olympics.

Patrick Moster, the sports director of the German Cycling Union, has been sent home from the Olympics after making racist comments during Wednesday’s men’s road time trial.

The Tunisian presidency fired the head of the national television channel on Wednesday after two guests were briefly banned from entering its studios to take part in a programme.

The worst unrest since white-minority rule ended has left deep scars, especially in the coastal city of Durban.

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Wednesday that “wrong economic choices” had caused major financial problems in his first comments on the economy since using emergency powers to seize control of government late on Sunday.

Shiite Muslim leader Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife detained for murder since 2015 in Nigeria have on Wednesday been discharged, lawyers said.

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, tipped as Equatorial Guinea’s next leader, is under sanctions in the UK and France.

France on Wednesday urged Tunisia to rapidly appoint a new prime minister and government as the north African country lurched further into political uncertainty.

Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa’s oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years, an international team reported Wednesday.

Malawi’s president has brought family members on a UK trip but says they were needed for the event.

After the Covid scepticism of her predecessor, Tanzania’s President Samia launches a vaccine campaign.

Cyrille Tchatchet has gone from despair to representing the Refugee Olympic Team in Tokyo.

President Samia Suluhu’s decision to have a Covid vaccine marks a change of approach for Tanzania.

Christopher Arundell grew up in the UK but after doing time in jail is being deported to Zimbabwe.

In Ivory Coast, longtime foes Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara meet in Abidjan with the former president calling for political prisoners to be freed after 10 years behind bars. But first, political turmoil continues in Tunisia as parties call for dialogue following the president’s dismissal of the prime minister. Plus, over 3,000 youngsters enroll in the Ethiopian army as tensions with the northern Tigray region flare.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and long-time rival Laurent Gbagbo hugged on Tuesday at their first meeting in over a decade, part of efforts to ease political tensions in the West African country.

Nigeria’s plan to have Sunday Igboho extradited are fading as he faces criminal accusations in Benin.

Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into constitutional crisis in the midst of a pandemic.

Some 1,000 people are going to court after a fire destroyed 12,000 acres of land at a wildlife sanctuary.

As lion populations decline across much of Africa, could community-led conservation help reverse this trend?

Turmoil grips Tunisia as President Kais Saied sacks the prime minister and suspends parliament with help from the army. Also, fresh anti-government protests in Eswatini leave at least two people dead. Finally, we meet the young entrepreneur in Cameroon hoping to reduce his country’s reliance on fish imports. We bring you all these stories and more in this edition of Eye on Africa.

At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.

Street clashes erupted on Monday outside Tunisia’s army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended the legislature, plunging the young democracy into a constitutional crisis.

In this edition: At least 30 jihadists have been killed by Rwandan forces who were deployed to Mozambique. Rwanda is just one of several countries that have sent troops to the country after a recent uptick in activity by Shabaab Islamist extremists. Also, Tunisia has received foreign aid to help battle a Covid-19 outbreak. The country’s hospitals are overwhelmed and running out of oxygen. Finally, FRANCE 24 speaks to Christine Amisi, one of Africa’s top doctors in efforts to help rape survivors.

Africa Eye investigates the cycle of death, violence and corruption in Mali’s military.

The shooting down of a military jet shows how organised crime is becoming more daring by the day.

Yinka Oshiletu, a British-Nigerian hip hop dancer is bringing Afrobeats sounds to Japan’s young dancers.

A man accused of trying to kill Mali’s military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year, has died in custody, the government said on Sunday.

Fulani herders are usually found in forests herding cattle but when they go to cities, they dress in style.

A renewed surge in fighting has made it ever more difficult for aid to reach areas in desperate need.

Children are still separated from parents, two months after a volcano erupted near Goma in DR Congo.

A bloody eight-month battle for control of the Tigray region spills over into neighbouring Afar.

Fifteen-year-old skateboarder Boipelo Awuah is the youngest African at Tokyo 2020. She explains how she got into the sport and why it feels so good to be at the Olympics.

The world’s first hijab-wearing supermodel talks to fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger about why she quit the industry.