Africa's biggest film festival kicked off in Burkina Faso on Saturday with the Sahel nation's long-running jihadist insurgency looming large over the opening night.

Top Africa film festival opens in jihadist-hit Burkina

Subscribers to the world's largest streaming service can now watch "Poacher", a Kenyan drama about elephant poaching and "Oloture", a Nigerian thriller about a journalist whose world falls apart after she goes undercover as a sex worker.

New African-made films on Netflix go beyond Hollywood stereotypes

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Top Africa film festival opens in jihadist-hit Burkina

New African-made films on Netflix go beyond Hollywood stereotypes