Carnival bulls, wedding dress protests and frankincense

Cameroonian pop singer Dencia has defended her promotion of a skin whitening cream called Whitenicious, which critics have branded an ''abomination'' and ''irresponsible''.

The first UK prosecutions over female genital mutilation are announced by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Is a career in the arts now more acceptable in Africa? At the Transcending Boundaries exhibition of Nigerian art in London prices range from £3,000 ($5,000) to £24,000. Focus on Africa's Jenny Horrocks reports.

One of the few universities of the visual and performing arts in Africa, in Mali, managed to keep going despite the political turmoil and threats from Islamist militants of the past two years, as the BBC Manuel Toledo reports.

A court in Burundi jails 21 opposition supporters for life for participating in an illegal demonstration, but they say they were only jogging.

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will visit English Premier League side Liverpool as part of an ideas-sharing tour ahead of the World Cup.

Is this Ghana's answer to Sex and the City?

Female MPs in Kenya storm out of a late-night parliamentary session in a row over the legalisation of polygamy as a new marriage bill is passed.

The UK needs a "bigger footprint" in Mali and other Saharan countries to fight extremism, a committee of MPs says.