The International Criminal Court excuses Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto from attending his trial at The Hague on Thursday and Friday.

Four Rwandans have been detained in connection with the apparent murder of Rwanda's intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya, Mozambican police say.

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has put on trial 11 Muslim men accused of being homosexuals, a crime punishable by stoning to death, an official says.

The trial of four men charged over the deadly Westgate shopping centre siege in Kenya starts in the capital, Nairobi.

Piracy at sea is at its lowest level in six years, with 264 attacks recorded - a 40% drop since Somali piracy peaked in 2011, a maritime watchdog says.

Egypt's constitutional referendum goes into a second day, after Tuesday saw deadly clashes involving supporters of ousted President Morsi.

A senior UN envoy calls or a huge international effort to tackle what he describes as a "mega-crisis" in the Central African Republic.

Ghana's aeroplane diner does good business with first-time flyers