Lack of access to pain relief for dying patients is a "public health emergency", as millions die around the world of unnecessary suffering, experts say.

Founder of African art museum who never visited Africa

Nigerian police cite security reasons for banning protests in Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants.

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef confirms the end of his satirical show, citing pressure on the network that carried it.

How closely should governments monitor social media?

Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave actress Lupita Nyong'o and Games of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie join the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII, producers say.

South Africa's FA will not renew the contract of national team coach Gordon Igesund when it expires at the end of July.

Malawi's newly elected President Peter Mutharika says he is offering an "olive branch" to ex-leader Joyce Banda after winning disputed elections.

Kenyan police fire tear gas to disperse rioters angry at the killing of two clerics accused of belonging to al-Shabab in the north-eastern town of Mandera.

Veteran striker Mohamadou Idrissou is one of the five players to miss out on Cameroon's final 23-man squad for the World Cup.

Security officials "routinely" rape women in prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo as punishment for their political activities, a UK-based charity says.

At least seven people including several soldiers have been killed in the latest violence in the Libyan city of Benghazi, medics say.

Caf president Issa Hayatou denies corruption as Qatar officials prepare to meet a Fifa investigator.

Will Ross reports from a religious school in Kano - a city that has been attacked by Boko Haram several times.

A UK based charity is warning that rape is being routinely used in state prisons across the Democratic Republic of Congo as a means of torturing women who are politically active.

Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun abducted in Cameroon have been freed.

Nigerian schools defy Boko Haram with Islamic and Western mix