Seventeen are killed in a stampede at a football stadium in northern Angola, local officials say.
Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is serving a 50-year sentence in the UK for crimes against humanity.
Up to 18 players who competed at the Nations Cup could be involved in the revamped Champions League this weekend.
The Confederation Cup kicks off this weekend with 21 of the 40 preliminary round clubs debuting in the competition.
The increase in copper prices in Zambia is not yet trickling down to communities.
Kenya's president appeals for international aid after declaring drought a national disaster.
Half of the world's rubies are mined in Mozambique but operations are not without their challenges.
A tour guide at a famous Tanzanian park is arrested for falsely translating what a tourist said.
Africa's first Google Code-in winner has left his hometown, because Cameroon has cut the internet there.
Two businesswomen in Nigeria describe what it's like to run their businesses in a country where 40% of women are entrepreneurs.
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