Why the world forgot a teacher who helped shape South Africa

A court in Egypt clears former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, who served under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, of corruption.

Abduction outrage fails to halt Boko Haram carnage

The BBC's Peter Okwoche has visited an area known as "Little Africa" in Rio to find out how much people know about the heritage and history of black people in Brazil.

Why is sexual harassment so bad in Egypt?

The International Criminal Court says it has enough evidence to put Ivory Coast's ex-President Gbagbo on trial for war crimes.

An informal agreement that could help end the long-running strike in South Africa's platinum sector is put to striking miners

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza tells the BBC he would like to seek a third term in office - something the opposition says is unconstitutional.

Teams should be kicked out of the World Cup if fans or players commit racist offences, says Fifa's anti-discrimination chief.

Cardiff City make Crystal Palace's South African midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi their fifth signing of the summer.

The UK is hosting a meeting about the security situation in north-eastern Nigeria and how to tackle the Islamist Boko Haram militants.

Governments will be held to account over ending sexual violence in war zones, Angelina Jolie tells the BBC during a global conference in London.

Four raped women on their hopes from summit

Four UN peacekeepers from Chad are killed in a suicide attack on their base in northern Mali.

South African police find a man using a knife and fork to eat the heart of his ex-girlfriend's new lover near Cape Town.

An international summit to discuss how to tackle sexual violence during war is under way in London.

Low-level drug offences should be decriminalised in West Africa, according to a commission headed by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.