How South Africa is learning to live with mixed-race couples
The United Nations says the on-going conflict in South Sudan has a disturbing echo of events in Rwanda 20 years ago.
Islamist militants in Mali say French hostage Gilberto Rodrigues Leal, who was kidnapped in 2012, is dead.
More than 180 Nigerian schoolgirls remain missing after being snatched from their classroom last week.
Manchester United fans from India, Kenya and Singapore give their reaction to the sacking of David Moyes as club manager.
Rebels in South Sudan are involved in fierce fighting with the army in several areas of the country, the military spokesman tell the BBC.
A court in Egypt is shown video and audio evidence in the trial of three al-Jazeera journalists accused of terrorism-related offences.
The growing number of armed groups in Libya is causing many of its younger people to leave, out of fear of kidnap.
BBC News outlines the background, leadership and activities of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.
Ivorian striker Yannick Sagbo is fined £15,000 by the FA over a charge relating to Nicolas Anelka's 'quenelle' gesture.
Zambian football mourns the passing of legendary commentator Dennis Liwewe who died on Tuesday aged 78.
Robbers in South Africa steal rhino horn from the offices of a provincial parks agency, in what may be the country's biggest such theft to date.
Oscar Pistorius' family denies claims the athlete took acting lessons ahead of his testimony in the murder trial of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Last year a collective of musicians and producers known as the Africa Express went to Bamako to record an album in solidarity with the musicians of Mali. The album, Africa Express Presents Maison de Jeunes, has gone on sale as a CD.
Members of a gang in Niger have told the BBC that they collaborated with radical Islamist group Boko Haram in return for money.
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