Africa this week: Five things

And four other African facts from the week

Even if your colourist is the absolute best, avoid making changes to your hair within a week of your wedding. You never know how the colour could oxidise or how it will look with your skin tone.

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... and nine other things we've learnt in Africa this year

... and nine other things we've learnt in Africa this year

So we read in Daily Nation that the American TV CBN network that carries conservative 80-year-old preacher Pat Robertson’s daily programme apologised on Monday for his false claim that visitors to Kenya could contract Aids from towels.

Pan African Designer Mustafa Hassanali On Friday 6Th February will launch his First Menswear Resort collection at the First South Africa Menswear week in Cape Town.  “As the vacation season just got over, most vacationer’s swamped holiday destinations from Zanzibar to Marrakech, where the need of casual garment is a priority, thus the inspiration behind this collection which would best fit the discerning gentleman to strip of his formal for some fun casuals. This Resort collection truly...

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

Victory swings, hostel footballers and tyre-cutters