A guide to the fate of Libya's former ruling family

Can slavery be eradicated in the next 30 years?

South Sudan orders oil companies immediately to restart production, ending a dispute with Sudan that heightened cross-border tension.

Kenya's deputy chief justice resigns after a tribunal recommended her sacking over allegations that she threatened a security guard with a gun.

Members of the Amboseli Trust have rescued a baby elephant trapped in a water well in Kenya

More than 50 people are arrested followings two days of riots on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar sparked by a missing Muslim cleric.

Amazigh activists say radical Islamists have damaged rock engravings, known as petroglyphs, dating back more the 8,000 years in the Toubkal National Park.

Rwanda is elected to sit on the UN Security Council, a day after a UN report said the defence minister in Kigali was commanding a rebellion in DR Congo.

Kenya's Court of Appeal rules that the country's courts can try suspected pirates, overturning a previous ruling.

The Somali Football Federation (SFF) asks African Union troops to vacate the country's national stadium so it can be used again for sports events.

The future of under-pressure Botswana coach Stanley Tshosane will be decided by the country's FA next week.

Social media networks in Africa should be more closely monitored to prevent 'dangerous' misinformation, Uganda's police chief says.

Will corruption kill off Kenya's ambitious plans?

The vice-president of the Senegalese Football Federation resigns after admitting a 'share of responsibility' for Saturday's riot in Dakar.

One of Kenya's most prominent Muslim clerics is charged with inciting violence after allegedly offering to fund a separatist group.

Guinea's government frees a shipment of arms bound for Mali which had been blocked because of insecurity in its landlocked neighbour.