Officials in Nigeria say the mother of the Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been kidnapped from her home in Delta State.
Senegal midfielder Mohamed Diame faces three months out after tearing his hamstring in West Ham's defeat by Liverpool on Sunday.
Ghana's main opposition party accuses its rivals of conspiring to fix Friday's presidential vote, as police fire tear gas at protesters in Accra.
The South Sudanese army killed 10 people when it fired on demonstrators angry at the relocation of a state capital, UN officials say.
Opposition leaders in Egypt are to meet to respond to President Morsi's move to rescind powers while sticking to a planned constitutional vote.
Fifa names an interim body to run the Sierra Leone Football Association for six months until new elections are held.
Egypt's Al Ahly beat Japanese champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima to reach the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.
Nigeria and Ghana are in the same group for the 2013 Under-17 championship, while the draw is also made for the Under-20s.
Somali troops and African Union forces have captured the strategic town of Jowhar from the Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, reports say.
Nelson Mandela has been visited in hospital by South African President Jacob Zuma, who said the former leader "looks well after a restful night".
Counting is under way in Ghana's presidential elections, with early results backing predictions of a tight race between the two main candidates.
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