A French court jails former Rwandan spy chief Pascal Simbikangwa for 25 years for complicity in the 1994 genocide.

Sierra Leoneans are mourning the death of former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah who passed away on Thursday.

Are deaths from lightning increasing?

On the 10th day of the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, retired Police Colonel Schoombie van Rensburg has been questioned about evidence at the crime scene.

Naked cyclists, extreme jumpers and trapped whales

Senegal international striker Mame Biram Diouf will miss the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery.

Storm buries Eritrean capital under metre of hail

Will oil benefit one of Kenya's poorest regions?

Hundreds of militants stage a multi-pronged attack on the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, including the barracks, witnesses say.

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah.

Oscar Pistorius had blood on his arm after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year, a retired police officer tells his murder trial.