Spoek Mathambo is one of the major players South Africa's electronic music scene. He told the BBC Africa's Manuel Toledo how his love affair with electro started.
Two human rights groups ask a South African court to revoke the refugee status of former Rwanda army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa.
The first-ever commuter train service in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, is launched to ease congestion on roads.
An Iranian naval task force has docked in Sudan, carrying with it a "message of peace and security to neighbouring countries", Iranian media report.
Kenyan politician Shem Kwega is killed and his wife wounded in a drive-by shooting in the western city of Kisumu, prompting street protests.
Ivory Coast duo Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba join Wayne Rooney on Fifa's shortlist for the best player of 2012.
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visits Algeria to discuss the growing threat posed by militant Islamists in neighbouring Mali, US officials say.
A man who carried out "juju" witchcraft on teenage girls he trafficked from Nigeria to Europe for prostitution is jailed for 20 years.
Somali military commander Mohamed Ibrahim Farah dies in an ambush - the first general in Somalia to be killed by al-Qaeda-aligned Islamist fighters.
Roadside lighting has been placed on the famous Mecca Avenue, in the Somali capital Mogadishu after two decades of darkness.
Kamel Djabour leaves his post at French club Auxerre to take over as the coach of Congo, replacing Jean-Guy Wallemme.
Egypt's Al Ahly supporters want to miss first African Champions League final.
Chelsea make a formal complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg, with Nigeria's John Mikel Obi also involved in the incident.
A council of Coptic Christians in Egypt is set to shortlist successors to Pope Shenouda III, before a blindfolded child picks from a list of three.
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