An Egyptian kung fu champion is reportedly stripped of his gold medal and banned after showing support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Gunmen steal $54m in an attack on a van carrying foreign and local currency for the Libyan central bank, Libya's state news agency says.

Staff at one of South Africa's most dangerous prisons, run by British firm G4S, have been accused of "shocking" abuses and of losing control.

Ivory Coast star Cheick Tiote is given a suspended jail sentence after he admitted possessing a fake driving licence.

Nigeria's first major musical, Saro, tells the stories of people who have gone to Lagos to seek their fortune, as the BBC's Tomi Oladipo reports.

An air strike in southern Somalia kills two senior commanders of militant Islamist group, al-Shabab, residents tell the BBC.

Dozens of people traversing the Sahara desert on their way to Europe have died of thirst in Niger, officials say.

Government troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recapture a key military base from the M23 rebel group, the army and officials say.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir pledges to resolve the territorial dispute over Abyei, as voting continues in an unofficial referendum on the region's future.

Inmates' grim stories from a South African high security prison

Staff at one of South Africa's most dangerous prisons, run by British firm G4S, are accused of "shocking" brutality and of losing control,

South Africa pushes the US to lift travel restrictions on top ANC officials, dating back to the 1980s, after ex-minister Tokyo Sexwale was detained at an airport.

More than a million people sign an online petition demanding justice after three men accused of brutally gang-raping a girl in Kenya were ordered to cut grass as punishment.

Three Egyptian policemen have been shot dead in an attack on a checkpoint in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, officials say.