In our weekly roundup: At just 22 years old, NBA basketball star Cheick Diallo is already an icon for young Malians. FRANCE 24 caught up with him on his recent trip back home. Also, there are concerns that tensions between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in central Nigeria could escalate to the point of rivalling the violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency. And renowned conservationist Jane Goodall heads to Uganda to mark the 20th anniversary of a sanctuary she founded there.

In much of Africa, colonialism remains a sensitive subject. In Saint-Louis, Senegal, campaigners behind the "Faidherbe must fall" lobby believe the statue of French colonial general Louis Faidherbe is offensive - they want it gone. Also in this weekly roundup: Siya Kolisi becomes the first black South African to captain the national rugby side in a full test match. And Madagascar sees a spike in the number of business people being kidnapped in the capital, mostly of Indian and Pakistani descent.

In this week's edition: Malian and French soldiers work together to push jihadists out of Mali; bloggers in Guinea strive to curb online hate speech; and we meet Congolese-Belgian artist Baloji.

In this week's edition: Nigeria is struggling to contain a Lassa fever outbreak; the LRA is still claiming lives in Central African Republic; and we meet with Afrobeat star Seun Kuti.

In this edition: Some 6,000 Islamic State group fighters could be on the brink of returning home to Africa; Amnesty International accuses EU leaders of being complicit in the torture of migrants and refugees in Libya; and with beauty one of Nigeria's fastest growing industries, we meet a female entrepreneur who's literally giving the sector a makeover.

French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off his West Africa tour with a speech at Ouagadougou University in Burkina Faso. And following Robert Mugabe's departure from power some of Zimbabwe’s diaspora in South Africa contemplate returning. In central Mali, attacks have forced the closure of over 200 schools. In Tunisia, it's bumper season for olive oil producers. And a choreographer in Nigeria has set the Guinness World Record for the Longest Solo Dance - with an impressive 137-hour performance.

Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwean rule comes to an end and Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as interim president. Meanwhile, Anglophone activists in Cameroon call for secession and an independent state of 'Ambazonia', and in Nigeria, the gay community has long lived in fear and in the shadows with strict laws outlawing homosexuality.

In this week's edition: protests in Togo continue and hundreds are forced to cross the border into Ghana; the Triplets Ghetto Kids show us why their moves are "unforgettable"; and we head to Nigeria for the first edition of the Lagos Biennial.

In this week's edition: FRANCE 24 meets the sole survivor of Burkina Faso's bloody 1987 counter-coup; Ugandan police hunt a serial killer thought to have murdered 12 women; and Ethiopia's Simien Mountains National Park is no longer on UNESCO's danger list.

In this week's edition: a South African court finds that Ahmed Timol was murdered by police officers in 1971; in Cameroon, survivors and the families of victims of the Camrail crash are still waiting to be compensated; and female puppet-makers challenge traditional thinking in Mali.