Turning Mali’s army into a force capable of fighting militants

The son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has appeared in court in the town where he was captured in 2011.

Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is in currently in the UK and when BBC Africa's Veronique Edwards caught up with him, she first asked him how he feels now that the election is over.

Should dresses above the knee be banned in Africa?

Nigerian percussionist Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor - also known as her artistic name, The Venus Bushfires - tells BBC Africa about her love for the unusual Swiss-made, UFO-shaped instrument she plays.

South Africa's government is investigating whether the Indian embassy abused diplomatic privileges over flight arrangements for a society wedding, official says.

A former ship's captain held hostage by Somali pirates gets a red-faced welcome from fancy dress pirates in the UK.

A Kenyan court finds two Iranian nationals guilty of obtaining explosives with the aim to attack Western targets in the East African nation.

Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye insists that Darfur is safe to host this year's Club Championship.

Africa's football body bans Liberian football chief Musa Bility for six months.

Can nets protect Cape Town's swimmers from great whites?

At least 60 people are feared dead after a well collapsed at a gold mine in Sudan's western region of Darfur, officials say.

The son of ex-Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, appears in court to face criminal charges and is appointed two local lawyers.

Nearly 260,000 people, half of them children, died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, a report says.

A small group of British and Irish soldiers has joined a European mission to train local troops in Mali.

Several people including an opposition MP are arrested in Chad, in what the government describes as an attempted "destabilisation plot".

The FBI distributes photos of three men it says were on the grounds of the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, when it was attacked last year.