Four Nigerian men receive 20 lashes each after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicts them of gay sex, officials say.

South Africa's power emergency ends on Thursday night, says state power company Eskom, after a day of rolling blackouts.

Egypt's FA suspends Salah Amin after accusing him of gesturing in support of the country's military chief.

A friendly international between Kenya and Sudan is called off following a row over the venue and timing of the match.

Ethiopian and Somali government forces seize a key town in central Somalia from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, officials say.

The fourth day of the high-profile murder trial of South African Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius is to open in the capital Pretoria.

The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli.

Photos of vehicles remodelled to look like crocodiles

Tunisia's entrepreneurs call for a raft of pro-business reforms