At least 61 people are injured in clashes between protesters and police in Cairo on the anniversary of deadly street battles.

High stakes as DR Congo rebels seize volcanic Goma

Two Malawi players who went on an all-night drinking session have been sent home ahead of the Cecafa Challenge Cup in Uganda.

At least eight Kenyans have been shot and more than 50 wounded in Garissa after troops launched a crackdown in the north-eastern town, officials say.

The UN's latest assessment of global cases of HIV/Aids shows there has been a further drop in new infections among children - but challenges remain.

Ghana line up a friendly match with Tunisia ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.

A group of South African students, along with an aid agency in Norway, is challenging the negative image of Africa by producing a fictional Christmas appeal video for Norway.

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa ordains the first woman bishop in Africa, as the Church of England is due to vote on the issue of female bishops.

A BBC correspondent sees what appears to be a column of rebel fighters entering central Goma, the main city in eastern DR Congo, along the road from the airport.

Millions of pounds of UK government aid to Nigerian schools has failed to produce any major improvement in pupil learning, an independent watchdog says.

Militant Islamists in northern Mali say they have driven Tuareg-led rebels out of the desert town of Menaka, a claim denied by the rebels.