Born under Kony occupation amidst another CAR rebellion

SA rugby legend on his battle against motor neurone disease

Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure scores from a free-kick as Manchester City enjoy a 4-0 win over Newcastle in their Premier League opener.

Nigeria's militant Islamist leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by security forces during a shoot-out, an army spokesman says.

Popular Ethiopian reggae singer Eyob Mekonnen, 37, dies in Kenya where he was flown for treatment after fans helped raise money for his treatment.

How salt miners are saving Senegal's Pink Lake

Why escalating violence in Sinai may be dark omen for Egypt

Ethiopia signs an $800m deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to expand its mobile phone network to allow for 3G internet access nationwide.

Southern African leaders call for the West to lift all sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe after endorsing President Robert Mugabe's election victory.

At least 24 Egyptian policemen have been killed in an attack near Rafah in the troubled Sinai peninsula, officials and medical sources say.

The trial of Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is set for March as the South African athlete returns to court.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius appears at a Pretoria magistrates' court again over the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A Norwegian national, Tjostolv Moland, imprisoned in DR Congo on murder charges since 2009 has died, the foreign ministry in Oslo says.