Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Islamist militant blamed for an attack on a gas plant in Algeria in January, reports on Chad's state TV say.

Delegates from 178 countries will review the convention on international trade in endangered species (CITES) amidst an unprecedented extinction crisis.

Thousands of people attend a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday in a mining town.

South Africa's Steven Pienaar scores one and sets up another as Everton beat Reading 3-1 to keep up their push for Europe

A goal from Senegal's Demba Ba gives Chelsea a 1-nil victory over West Brom, easing the pressure on manager Rafa Benitez.

Sunderland's Benin international Stephane Sessegnon scores the equaliser for his club in a 2-2 draw with Fulham.

The two front-runners in Kenya's presidential election, Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, hold final campaign events before Monday's vote.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Egypt to press the message that political consensus is needed before the country can escape its economic crisis.

The two front-runners in Kenya's presidential election have been holding their final rallies in Nairobi, ahead of Monday's vote.

A number of Britons have been hurt after the coach they were travelling in crashed in Kenya, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said.

The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has recaptured two eastern towns held for months by the M23 rebels.

The Foreign Office confirms that a number of Britons have sustained injuries - but none of them life-threatening - in a coach crash in Kenya.

Ghana's Kevin-Prince Boateng will meet Fifa President Sepp Blatter to discuss the issue of racism in football.

Eight police officers in South Africa are facing murder charges after a taxi driver from Mozambique was tied to the back of a police van and dragged through the streets.

Kenyan confident no repeat of election violence