Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho wants to be paired with Didier Drogba's Galatasaray in the Champions League last 16.

The UN children's charity, Unicef, says 230m children worldwide have not had their births registered, making them vulnerable to neglect or abuse.

Two cases of pneumonic plague, more deadly than the bubonic plague, have been reported in Madagascar, a health official tells the BBC.

Egyptian judges for the second time halt the trial of several leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, after they refuse to stop disrupting proceedings.

UN forces launch an offensive against Rwandan FDLR rebels in DR Congo, gaining some territory, in a new move to end regional instability.

Is Kenya having a mid-life crisis as she turns 50?

What future for South Africa's leader after memorial boos?

Police enforce strict ban on mobile phones at Mandela's coffin

Nineteen fighters from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army surrender following an offensive against the rebel group in the Central African Republic, the army says.

The French army confirms that it killed 19 people in a clash with suspected Islamists earlier this week in Mali.

The chaos in Central Africa Republic explained

The roads, parks, bus stops and bars named after the late leader

BBC's Milton Nkosi on growing up with the Mandelas

President Francois Hollande defends France's military intervention in the Central African Republic, after two French soldiers were killed in Bangui.

A new model for Uganda's lack of schools