Rwanda's governing RPF party wins a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, securing 76% of the vote.

Egyptian police have arrested the Muslim Brotherhood's main English-language spokesman Gehad al-Haddad, state media report.

A Ugandan journalist charged with recruiting men for the M23 rebel group in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo is freed on bail.

Demba Ba is confident he has a future at Chelsea despite being interested in a summer move to Arsenal.

Police in Zanzibar question 15 suspects after a series of acid attacks on the Tanzanian island, including one on two British women.

Libya's prime minister appeals for British help to remove weapons from the country amid fears of increased arms smuggling to Syria.

International scientists have mapped the genomes of the tiger, lion and snow leopard, in conservation efforts to protect endangered species.

The first prosecution witness, an alleged survivor of a New Year's Day attack on a church, gives vidence at Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto's Hague trial.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted on charges of war crimes in Darfur, asks for a US visa to go to next week's UN General Assembly.

Zimbabwe's main opposition party boycotts the opening of parliament by President Robert Mugabe following its defeat in elections in July.

Hundreds of migrants break through a 6m (19ft) fence that separates Morocco from the European Union in the Spanish territory of Melilla.

A nun helping LRA victims in DR Congo is to receive a top UN award and meet the Pope, telling the BBC she will ask him to forgive rebel leader Joseph Kony.

The South African man who refloats wrecks for a living