Aid agencies warn South Sudan is facing the threat of a famine on a bigger scale than that seen in Ethiopia in the 1980s.

Some 28 hostages abducted by Tuareg rebels in the northern Mali town of Kidal on Saturday have been freed, the United Nations says.

Mali's prime minister declares war on Tuareg separatists in the north of the country.

Libya's embattled government proposes parliament go into recess as clashes with militia raise fears of a possible descent into renewed civil war.

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A Ugandan court sentences a nurse to three years in prison for negligence over the potential infection of a two-year-old boy with HIV.

The Sierra Leone Football Association and the county's sports ministry name rival coaches for the country's under-20 team.

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir tells the BBC his country faces "one of worst famines ever" unless the current conflict is ended.

The Liberia Football Association says it is in talks with Roberto Landi over a return to coach the national football team.

The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, tells the BBC his country faces one of its worst famines unless the current conflict is ended.

The Libyan government insists that it is in control of the country despite a series of heavy attacks and clashes over the weekend.

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