Doctors close the main hospital in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri in protest at alleged police assaults on staff and patients.

Police in Nigeria rescue 17 pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies from a house and say they are looking for a woman they suspect was planning to sell the babies.

David Moyes' first signing for Everton, Nigeria's Joseph Yobo, believes the Scotsman has what it takes to be a success at Manchester United.

Oil ecstasy, ping pong pros and cassava under threat

The UK has withdrawn some staff from its embassy in Libya in response to the "ongoing political uncertainty" in the country, the Foreign Office says.

South African elder statesman and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu says he will no longer vote for the ruling ANC.

Anglo American Platinum plans to cut 6,000 jobs in South Africa after its profits were affected by violent labour strikes last year.

A trauma centre in Mogadishu once predominantly used for the treatment of war injuries is facing new challenges as it adjusts to the peacetime needs of its patients.

The Tanzania Football Federation announces a timeline for amending its statutes and holding elections to comply with a recently issued Fifa directive.

Joseph Akpala is called into the Nigeria squad for their World Cup qualifiers.

Africa loses twice as much money through tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers as it gets from donors, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan warns.

Chair of the Africa Progress Panel Kofi Annan says that Africa is not getting a fair deal, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Cape Town.

Researchers have found a bacterial infection that could help control malaria by making mosquitoes resistant to the parasite.

London Zoo is desperately seeking a fit female mate for a critically endangered fish - the "gorgeously ugly" Mangarahara cichlid.

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GlaxoSmithKline launches a new partnership with Save the Children to develop medicines to tackle child mortality in Africa.