An ancient Jewish community hanging on - and cooking

The Libyan government says it has captured the western town of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Col Gaddafi, after days of fighting.

A suspect in the attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi dies after a firefight with security services in Cairo, officials say.

South African economy dented by industrial action

The African Union lifts the suspension it imposed on Mali after a military coup in March and discusses the logistics of an intervention force.

Kenya's political parties have been banned from sending any bulk text messages during campaigning for next year's election without the approval of state regulators.

Almost 300 sailors who were on board an Argentine ship when it was impounded in Ghana have boarded a plane to take them back home.

Prominent Malawian boxing promoter Mike Chitenje is arrested, along with 12 others, over the death of student activist Robert Chasowa last year, police say.

The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing the munitions factory in Khartoum, which was engulfed by fire on Tuesday night.

A reporter in the breakaway republic of Somaliland is killed by gunmen - the 16th journalist to be killed in Somalia this year.

Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian writer and activist, is warning of a potential women's rights disaster if the President cedes right wing ground to the Salafists

A top human rights lawyer in Equatorial Guinea has been missing since Monday, fuelling concern he is being illegally detained, a rights group says.

Senegal fire sacks Joseph Koto as coach after they fail to qualify for Africa Nations Cup.

Youth unemployment was a common thread running through the Arab Spring uprisings and it continues to be high.

How the populations manage to coexist in Africa

Witnesses in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, report huge explosions and a fire at the site of an arms factory.