At least 36 people die in fighting between a militia and the army in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the military and UN say.

Ivory Coast's ex-President Gbagbo tells the International Criminal Court he is a defender of democracy, in his first remarks in court since his arrest in 2011.

Kewullay Conteh has been issued with a worldwide Fifa ban from playing football, the Sierra Leone FA confirms.

Kenyans go to the polls on Monday and one of the front runners for the presidency is Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta. He has been speaking to BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye in Nairobi.

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Kenyans will go to the polls next week to elect a new president and members of parliament.

Israel's health ministry is to investigate why contraceptive injections were widely given to Ethiopian immigrant women.

Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins tells BBC Sport he is set to join MLS side Seattle Sounders from Levante of Spain.

Nelson Mandela's charity enters into a partnership with Sunderland football club to raise funds and spread the anti-apartheid fighter's reconciliation message.

South Africa's police watchdog is investigating the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was allegedly handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged through the streets

A concert in under way in the Kenyan capital with musicians calling for a peaceful election a day after a report revealed campaign attacks, hate speech and cases of ethnic intimidation.

South Africa's police watchdog is investigating the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was allegedly handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged through the streets.

South African Women's Minister Lulu Xingwana apologises for saying that Afrikaner men were raised to believe that women and children were their property.

Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of the Ivory Coast, made history when he became the first former head of state to face charges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Kenyan homes demolished in a battle for land