Six Somali men are convicted of piracy and weapons possession by a Spanish court after they attempt to board a Spanish warship off Somalia in 2012.

Ghanaian police arrest 46 foreign nationals from China and India accused of illegally mining gold in the River Offin in central Ghana.

Mozambicans are outraged at the government's failure to end kidnappings for ransom following the murder of a child by his abductors.

An Algerian artist's statue of French footballer Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt is removed in the Qatari capital weeks after being installed.

Uefa order the partial closure of CSKA's Arena Khimki during the club's next Champions League tie against Bayern Munich.

Police enter al-Azhar University in the Egyptian capital Cairo to disperse students protesting in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

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After starting out as a backing vocalist, Nigerian Tiwa Savage's career has taken centre stage. The singer-songwriter speaks to BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye.

Former South Africa stars Bennedict Vilakazi and Manqoba Ngwenya are owed pay by Notwane and are stranded in Botswana.

Government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo capture Bunagana town, the main base of the M23 rebel group, residents tell the BBC.

The UN Security Council approves a special 250-strong military force to protect UN workers in the Central African Republic.

Four Frenchmen kidnapped in Niger three years ago arrive in Paris, amid reports that government claims that no ransom was paid are wrong.

Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band will perform in South Africa for the first time, almost three decades after the group campaigned against apartheid.

At least eleven people have been killed and 34 wounded in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, when a passenger train smashed into a bus, the Red Cross says.

Nigeria Under-17 coach Manu Garba rejects Iran's accusation of age-cheating by the Golden Eaglets at the Under-17 World Cup.

There has been a suicide bomb attack in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse on a beach in front of hotel, officials and security sources say.

A senior Muslim Brotherhood figure, Essam el-Erian, is detained in Egypt in the latest move against the banned Islamist movement.

Four French hostages kidnapped by an al-Qaeda group in Niger in 2010 leave the country on a French government plane bound for Paris, reports say.

Kenya faces censure from the World Anti-Doping Agency over a failure to hold a full inquiry into a surge in drugs bans.

'Mule women' who carry cargo on their backs to avoid import duty