Suspected Islamic militants attack the town of Damboa in north-east Nigeria, killing at least 11 people, reports say.

Does Mali's landslide election put it on the road to recovery?

Zimbabwe's MDC party drops its legal challenge to President Mugabe's re-election, saying it cannot get fair hearing.

One of the men accused of vandalising a painting showing South Africa's President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed is convicted of malicious damage to property, local media say.

The UN warns of a severe outbreak of polio in Somalia, days after a medical charity pulled out of the country, citing insecurity.

Balancing on boats and hiking through the desert

The company which owns South Africa's Marikana mine, where 34 striking workers were shot dead by police, apologises for the first time.

TP Mazembe suffer Confederation Cup defeat away to CA Bizertin of Tunisia as Stade Malien hold Etoile Sahel.

Authorities in the UK say female genital mutilation practitioners are coming to Britain as part of Europe-wide cutting tours, largely driven by families who can no longer afford to send their daughters overseas for the procedure.

The Egyptian capital Cairo is braced for renewed protests as supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi call for marches after Friday prayers.

Libyan PM Ali Zeidan threatens to use force to prevent guards striking at the country's main ports from selling oil outside official channels.

Mark Lowen ventures underground inside a South African mine