The winner of the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing is going to be announced later on Monday in Oxford, UK. The finalists told BBC Africa more about their stories.

More than 1,000 under-age drinkers were arrested in Kenya's capital over the weekend, police say, amid reports of students drinking during the teachers' strike.

Support for Nigeria's Boko Haram is to be made a criminal offence in the UK.

Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla says he will resist moves to expel him as chief of the anti-apartheid icon's clan.

A panel in Nigeria will investigate a bonus row which almost led to the Super Eagles boycotting the Confederations Cup.

Swansea are expected to sign Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.

A plane carrying the Somali president is forced to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu after one of its engines reportedly caught fire.

Pope Francis visits the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, where he will pray for illegal migrants who drowned trying to reach Europe.

At least 34 people are killed as the army raids a sit-in by supporters of ousted President Morsi in Cairo, say officials and the Muslim Brotherhood.

2009 winners Ghana reach the semi-final of the U20 World Cup after beating Chile 4-3.

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has launched his third campaign to unseat the veteran President Robert Mugabe.

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