At least five Libyans die and dozens are wounded in fighting around Bani Walid - a former stronghold of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Close to 85% of Madagascar's 192 palm species face extinction due to land clearing, an environment protection group warns.
The daughter of the late Nigerian boxing legend Dick Tiger publishes a book about his short life, the BBC's Leslie Goffe reports.
Controversial Tanzanian Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda is arrested for stoking religious hatred, police say.
South African President Jacob Zuma calls on workers to return to work after a series of strikes and urges bosses to take a year-long pay freeze.
Parliamentarians unanimously back Abdi Farah Shirdon, a former businessman, as Somalia's new prime minister in a vote of confidence in Mogadishu.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper Peter Rufai is recovering at home after being released from hospital following his illness on Monday.
Pirates kidnap six Russians and one Estonian during an attack on their vessel off the coast of Nigeria, the vessel's operator confirms.
Malawi's leader Joyce Banda asks the African Union to intervene to resolve the escalating border dispute with Tanzania, state media reports.
DR Congo's Mulele Matondo Afrika used to play dance music but he left it behind in favour of songs with a strong political and social message.
South Africa coach Gordon Igesund says his side are on the right path as the Cup of Nations hosts approach their first finals in five years.
A grenade attack suspected to have been carried out by al-Shabab militants seriously injures at least 10 policemen near Mombassa in Kenya.
Hundreds of mourners attend a memorial in San Francisco for Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya killed in an attack in Benghazi.
UN experts say Rwanda's defence minister is effectively commanding the M23 rebellion in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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