How Libya has changed in the past year

How Somalia is rebuilding with the help of internet connectivity

Three people said to be close to Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi are held over an alleged plot to poison him, authorities confirm.

The Nigeria Football Federation is investigating the Premier League amid accusations it mishandled millions of dollars.

In South Africa, the inquiry into the deaths of 44 people, including 34 striking miners shot by police, at the Lonmin-owned Marikana platinum mine has resumed.

An explosion near a prison in South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, kills at least two people, police are quoted as saying.

A Mauritanian soldier has gone on national television to explain how he accidentally shot President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz.

How photography changed the life of a woman in Sierra Leone

Andre Ayew issues an apology to the Ghanaian FA over his recent outburst but is unhappy with its handling of the episode.

The number of ships attacked by Somali pirates has fallen dramatically this year, the International Maritime Bureau says.

South Africa is mourning the death of renowned photographer Alf Kumalo, 82, who "chronicled apartheid".

Several soldiers are killed in a bomb attack by suspected militant Islamists in Nigeria's north-eastern town of Potiskum, an army source tells the BBC.

AC Leopards become the first Congo Brazzaville team to reach the Confederation Cup semi-finals after they beat Djoliba.

Minerals transform fortunes of sleepy Mozambique town