US President Barack Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in his first extended tour of sub-Saharan Africa, the White House says.

About 120 militant Islamists are arrested in Maiduguri as they organise the funeral of a commander killed in clashes, the Nigerian army says.

Ugandan police raid the offices of at least two newspapers following reports that President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son to succeed him and people opposed to the plan could be killed.

Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will not compete again this year as he awaits trial for murder.

Egypt deploys extra troops to the Sinai peninsula after seven members of the security forces were abducted there.

Heavy fighting takes place between government and rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the UN is deploying an attack force.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame dismisses allegations that his country has used proxy forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Democratic Republic of Congo side TP Mazembe are set to appoint new coach in next two days, BBC Sport understands.

Cameroon are close to appointing a new coach to take over from Jean-Paul Akono, BBC Sport has learnt.

Police say they were overwhelmed by the large crowd scrambling for "holy water", after a stampede killed four people at a church in Ghana's capital, Accra, on Sunday.

George Alagiah has been to a shoe factory with a difference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.