Eleven people have been killed in a gun and machete attack in eastern Nigeria targeting the deputy governor of Adamawa state, police say.

A South African man has floated over Robben Island tied to 160 helium-filled balloons in a stunt to raise money for one of Nelson Mandela's charities.

A football supporter attempts to strike a referee with a large vuvuzela at a key South African premier league match.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after treatment for pneumonia, the government has announced.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is discharged from hospital in Johannesburg after 10 days of treatment for pneumonia.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after treatment for pneumonia.

South Sudan restarts oil production, more than a year after it was halted by a dispute with its neighbour Sudan over export fees.

Al Nasr are knocked out of the Confederation Cup as Libya hosts a Caf club match for the first time since Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown

A court in Egypt rejects a lawsuit calling for a ban on the television programme of popular satirist Bassem Youssef.

The BBC's James Naughtie reports from the capital Monrovia on the cinema and film in Liberia.

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The former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau arrives in the US where he is expected to face drugs charges, officials say.