Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi has been assassinated outside his home in the capital, Tunis, in the second high-profile political killing this year.

The US and the EU urge South Sudan's leaders to maintain calm and prevent violence after President Salva Kiir sacked his cabinet including Vice-President Riek Machar.

A man said to be one of South Africa's worst serial rapists, who faced 122 charges, including attempted murder through deliberate HIV infection, is found dead in his prison cell, officials say.

Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi is shot dead in the capital, Tunis in the country's second political assassination this year.

Papiss Cisse and Newcastle reach an agreement that means the Senegal striker will wear the club's Wonga logo on his shirt.

Renewed conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has seen a fresh wave of refugees crossing the border to Chad in recent months, as BBC Africa's Laeila Adjovi reports.

Coach Kim Poulsen says Tanzania can overturn their 1-0 deficit against Uganda in their CHAN qualifier second leg.

Aid agencies have voiced fears that a possible military offensive by the UN in eastern DR Congo could make the humanitarian situation worse and lead to attacks on their workers.

What is at stake as Zimbabwe prepares to go to the polls?

One of Zimbabwe's best known singers, Chiwoniso Maraire, has died aged 37, her manager says.

People in Togo are going the polls in parliamentary elections that have been delayed for months amid opposition protests.