Italian authorities say they have rescued more than 2,000 illegal migrants, many from North Africa, off Sicily's coast in the past 48 hours.

President Robert Mugabe's government moves to ease public anger in Zimbabwe by capping the pay of managers of state-owned companies.

A key police ballistics experts says Oscar Pistorius was not wearing his prosthetics legs when he opened fire on his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

South Africa's top corruption fighter has said President Jacob Zuma has "benefited unduly" from using state money to improve his rural residence.

'Mental attitudes hold African teams back'

South Africa's top corruption fighter says President Jacob Zuma "benefited unduly" from state funds to upgrade his rural home and acted unethically.

Two Egyptian army officers and five jihadist militants have been killed in a gunfight that erupted during a raid north of Cairo, officials say.

A key police ballistics expert is giving testimony at the murder trial of South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria.

Live coverage of the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who denies murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.

Spanish police have released video showing hundreds of migrants illegally crossing into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla.

The Central African Republic is ravaged by what some human rights groups are calling ethnic cleansing. Tim Whewell reports.

Solar power for Ugandan school computers