Tunisia is to form a non-partisan government to run the country until elections, the PM says, hours after a leading opposition figure is assassinated.

The death of a 17-year-old girl in South Africa after she was gang raped is condemned by female politicians of the governing ANC party.

More than 11,000 elephants have been killed by ivory poachers in Gabon since 2004 according to new research

The UN should begin planning for African-led forces in Mali to become a full peacekeeping mission, France tells the Security Council, as clashes continue.

Ten years after walking into a chess club in Kampala looking for a free meal, former slum child Phiona Mutesi is now one of the best young female chess players in Africa.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi revives the debate over African teams choosing Europeans over local coaches, ahead of the Nations Cup semi-finals.

There is concern over the state of of the pitch at Nelspruit's Mbombela Stadium ahead of the AFCON semi-final match between Burkina Faso and Ghana.

A French-owned tanker seized by pirates off Ivory Coast on Sunday is freed and two crewmen are receiving medical treatment , the vessel's owner says.

Tunisian opposition Democratic Patriots politician Chokri Belaid is shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis, his brother and officials say.

French forces are involved in a "true war" with "terrorists" around the Malian town of Gao, the defence minister says.

African elephants 'know' when they are in safe areas and become stressed when they leave them, according to a study.

Why the Sahara is not the 'new Afghanistan'