Boko Haram insurgents attack a military airbase in north-eastern Nigeria, the authorities say, prompting them to impose a 24-hour curfew.

A South Africa court charges a Czech businessman who has been linked to organised crime in the country with attempted murder, kidnapping and assault.

Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2013.

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Ivory Coast agents were sent to Ghana to kidnap or assassinate supporters of Ivorian ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, Ghanaian officials say.

Nigeria says it has given permission for a plane to land in the country should the UK try again to deport a failed asylum seeker.

Somalia's PM loses a vote of confidence in parliament after 13 months in office, in what is seen as a blow to efforts to stabilise the country.

The Muslim Brotherhood rejects Egypt's new draft constitution, saying "coupists" distorted the 2012 charter approved under ousted President Morsi.

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