Colombia goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon, 43, becomes the oldest player in Fifa World Cup history after coming on against Japan.

The impact of polygamy on Kenya's women

Sabri Lamouchi steps down as Ivory Coast head coach after the Africans fail to reach the World Cup last 16, losing to Greece.

Greece score a controversial penalty to beat Ivory Coast and move into the last 16 of a World Cup for the first time.

A Nigerian man is sent to a mental institute in Kano state after declaring that he did not believe in God, according to a humanist charity.

Libyans go to the polls in the hope of ending the anarchy gripping the country since the 2011 overthrow of long-serving ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

A Sudanese woman freed from death row on Monday has been released again after being briefly detained with her family at Khartoum airport.

More than 60 women and children have been abducted in northern Nigeria by suspected militant Islamists, residents and officials say.

A ban on possessing, selling and importing khat, a plant used as a stimulant by Somali communities, takes effect in the UK.

At least 18 people have been killed in clashes between Christians and Muslims in the Central African Republic, a peacekeeper and witnesses say.

Preview followed by live coverage of the World Cup game between Nigeria and Argentina.

Union leaders have signed a wage deal with South Africa's biggest platinum mining companies, ending the nation's longest-running strike.

Ivory Coast boss Sabri Lamouchi refuses to say whether Didier Drogba will be in the starting line-up for the World Cup match against Greece.

Cameroon coach Volker Finke says "he has a contract and is doing his job" in the aftermath of their World Cup exit.

Egypt's president says he will not "interfere" in favour of three al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Cairo, as BBC journalists condemn the ruling.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is unhappy with former Super Eagles captain Jay-Jay Okocha's criticism of his World Cup tactics.

As a ban comes into force in the UK on Tuesday on the drug khat, the BBC's Anne Soy reports on concern about the economic impact of the move amongst Kenya's khat farmers.

One of the six teenagers accused of gang-raping a 16-year-old girl in Kenya and dumping her in a pit latrine goes on trial.

At least five people are killed in an attack on the Kenyan coast, close to the scene of raids last week in which more than 60 people died.

BBC journalists in London join colleagues from other news organisations for a silent protest against the jailing of three al-Jazeera staff in Egypt.