Karim Wade, the son of Senegal's former president, is in police custody after being charged with corruption in connection with his vast fortune.

Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wraps up a tour of West Africa in Ghana where his visit is defended, reports BBC Africa's Akwasi Sarpong.

Legendary Tanzanian Taarab singer Fatma binti Baraka, popularly known as Bi Kidude, dies at her home on the island of Zanzibar.

US courts cannot rule on lawsuits about human rights abuses abroad, the US Supreme Court rules, rejecting a case against Shell oil firm in Nigeria.

Hundreds of protesters block the entrance to a coal mine in Mozambique demanding further compensation for being resettled.

Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak is ordered back to prison from hospital and faces a retrial on 11 May over the killings of protesters in 2011.

The US is redeploying forces that were due to take part in joint military exercises in Morocco amid a disagreement over Western Sahara.

Nigeria's president is establishing a committee to examine how to enter into dialogue with Boko Haram and bring in an amnesty for the Islamist insurgents.

Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, says he aims to invest up to $8bn in a major new oil refinery that would double Nigeria's current oil output.

Fifa says it will rule next week on a dispute over who can stand in the elections for the Tanzania Football Federation.

Ivory Coast asks the UN for drones to monitor its border with Liberia, as the number of military personnel in the region are reduced.

Africans abroad send back more money to Africa than aid donors

Rwanda want a new coach after Serbian Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic leaves.

Two children are trapped after a landslide buried their house following heavy rains in western Kenya, the police tell the BBC.

South Africa's annual inflation rate was 5.9% in March, official figures show, unchanged on the previous month's figure.