UN chief says CAR 'must not become another Rwanda'

Three Al-Jazeera journalists have denounced as a "joke" the latest hearing in their trial on terrorism charges in Egypt.

A 14-year-old girl in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has confessed to killing the man she was forced to marry, police say.

Oscar Pistorius has faced a second day of intense cross-examination at his trial in which he was accused of being selfish, reckless and a liar.

Some Somalis are experiencing a form of "culture shock" since fibre optic services launched in Mogadishu over the last week, an internet provider says.

Three al-Jazeera journalists dismiss as a "joke" the latest hearing in their trial on terrorism charges in Egypt, as video is produced as evidence.

The UN Security Council votes to send a 12,000-strong force to the Central African Republic (CAR) to help end continuing religious violence.

Mauritania host Mauritius on Saturday in the first leg of a preliminary round qualifier for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

A Kenyan toddler is discharged from hospital after recuperating from surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his brain during a shooting at a church.

The UN rejects criticism that it is showing "shocking indifference" towards some 21,000 people sheltering at one of its compounds in South Sudan.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius denies "picking on" his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his murder trial cross-examination continues.

Somali fishermen in Puntland are being issued with ID cards to help distinguish them from pirates, the regional government is quoted as saying.

The Congolese who paid heavy price for Rwanda genocide

The FDLR, or so-called democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda, has laid down its weapons and is seeking to negotiate with Rwanda, the group's president says.

Is is too easy to say sorry or is it the way forward for reconciliation?

At least seven patients infected with Ebola in Guinea have recovered from the virus and been allowed to return home, a medical charity says.

Gabriel Gatehouse investigates claims that western-backed security forces are behind the killing of the controversial Muslim preacher, Abubakar Shariff Ahmed 'Makaburi'.