Gold fingers, giant cakes and bottle smashers

What has happened to Nigeria's pension funds?

A government minister in Guinea, Col Claude Pivi, is charged in connection with a massacre at a stadium in 2009.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has condemned Nigeria's same-sex marriage bill which sets prison terms of up to 14 years.

Egypt's political crisis divides families

Gunmen in central Nigeria attack three villages killing at least 28 residents in a feud over cattle, a military spokesman says.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius resumes "low-key" training, weeks before he is due back in court over the killing of his girlfriend.

Nigeria's FA says coach Stephen Keshi will no longer be solely responsible for selecting the Super Eagles squad.

Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi begin rival protests amid tight security on the streets of Cairo.

The cast and crew of the first British production of A Season in the Congo have spoken of the impact a visit to the country had on them.

Oscar Pistorius has resumed a "low key" training routine, according to his family

Well-wishers continue to gather outside the hospital in Pretoria where former President Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition.

A key al-Shabab leader in Somalia, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, has so far refused to surrender, elders from his clan tell the BBC.

The New York Police Department, Interpol and private investigators are all involved in the hunt for a valuable portrait of Nelson Mandela stolen in New York.

Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe has criticised the media camped outside his hospital, calling them "vultures". But does public interest in the story justify their presence?

Egypt is bracing for rival mass demonstrations, amid tight security in the increasingly polarised nation.

Komla Dumor reports on what US President Barack Obama is likely to discover in South Africa on his arrival in Johannesburg on Friday.