More than 20 people, including women and children, are killed, most of them hacked to death in eastern DR Congo, UN peacekeepers say.

A one-man crusade to get black South Africans to respect time

The UN says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency declared in May.

The authorities in Egypt have had an unfortunate start in their attempt to publicise the referendum on a new draft constitution.

A Rwandan ex-mayor found guilty of genocide by a UN-back war crimes tribunal in 2011 has his sentence extended from 15 to 25 years on appeal.

President Salva Kiir says South Sudan has put down an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his sacked deputy, after heavy gunfire in the capital, Juba.

Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba is handed a reunion with Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16.

Egyptian giants Al Ahly are still hoping they can persuade veteran midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika to put off his retirement again.

A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, is unveiled in the capital, Pretoria, a day after he was buried.

And nine other moments from Mandela's week of mourning