Theresa Kachindamoto, a senior chief of a district in Malawi, has terminated 840 marriages, sending the young couples back to school.

Kenya condemns the sacking of the South Sudan UN force head and says it will withdraw its troops.

Safa president Danny Jordaan tells former Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey not to "rush things" as he recovers from a serious heart attack.

Thousands of people march in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down.

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia is using violence ahead of elections, a rights group says.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma abandons his court bid to block the release of a report by former anti-corruption chief Thuli Madonsela.

This year's Lagos Photo Festival in Nigeria brings together well-known photographers and their take on identity in Africa.