9 January 2013 Last updated at 14:55 GMT Lead rebel negotiator Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia (left), was late arriving at peace talks Peace talks between the government of the Central African Republic, the Seleka rebel alliance [...]

Former France international Alain Giresse has been handed the role of reviving the fortunes of Senegal after being named coach of the national side. The 60-year-old has previous coaching experience in Africa, having been in charge of [...]

Kenya’s Wildlife Service is still pursuing a gang of poachers responsible for the killing of an entire family of 11 elephants. Authorities fear that poaching could once more on the rise despite continued efforts to track down the men who [...]

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9 January 2013 Last updated at 13:01 GMT There has been a loud explosion in the port area of Lagos, authorities in the Nigerian city have said. The blast, which shook buildings, occurred at a fuel station in Apapa, the National [...]

9 January 2013 Last updated at 12:49 GMT By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent An advert in Ugandan newspapers last month called for the dropping of an anti-homosexuality [...]

9 January 2013 Last updated at 13:00 GMT The police in the Western Cape region say they will not tolerate violence South Africa’s police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse striking farm workers in the wine-producing [...]

Zambia have retained 19 of the players that won the Africa Cup of Nations last year in their squad to defend their title in South Africa. Veteran defender Chintu Kampamba, who has been without a club since June, was left out of the [...]

2012 was a brutal year for the rhino population in South Africa. 633 deaths were recorded, a record number that has alarmed conservationists. Poachers kill rhinos for their ivory and often leave orphaned calves behind. But there are people [...]

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8 January 2013 Last updated at 23:50 GMT Thousands of people have fled their homes in Blue Nile and South Kordofan The UN has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile provinces, [...]

South Sudanese doctor Joseph Gama went the extra mile to help his people and became a farmer. “The high cases of malnutrition that I see during my medical practices prompted me to open my farm,” he told BBC Africa. However, in a [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 18:45 GMT The government says it wants modernise the agriculture sector A Nigerian opposition party has condemned a government scheme to give 10 million mobile phones for free to farmers. All [...]

Former under-21 Switzerland striker Guilherme Afonso has made the final cut for Angola’s 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. The 27-year-old had been a surprise selection by coach Gustavo Ferrin. He is one of seven [...]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said no action will be taken against Shola Ameobi and Danny Shittu for opting out of the African Cup of Nations. The England-based pair were named in an initial 32-man squad. But Newcastle’s [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 14:32 GMT President Macky Sall took power after elections last year A Senegalese man has died after setting himself on fire on Monday outside the official residence of President Macky Sall in [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 15:15 GMT M23 made rapid gains in the eastern DR Congo last year M23 rebels have declared a unilateral ceasefire ahead of a second round of peace talks with the government of Democratic Republic [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 12:12 GMT The attack on 11 September killed the US envoy and three other Americans The only suspect to be held over the attack on the US embassy in the Libyan city of Benghazi has been released [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 12:05 GMT Hassan Ruvakuki says he was arrested for simply doing his job A Burundian appeal court has reduced the life sentence of journalist Hassan Ruvakuki to three years after scrapping his [...]

South Africa’s Dean Furman says representing the host country at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations will be a major highlight in his career. Many managers, including Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, are unhappy with the timing [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 10:17 GMT Islamist rebels have been in control of northern Mali since April Malian soldiers have fired on Islamist fighters in the centre of the country, military sources say. Details remain sketchy [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 10:00 GMT Joshua Waiganjo is said to have sacked and recruited officers while impersonating a police chief Three top Kenyan policemen have been suspended over the case of a man who allegedly pretended [...]

8 January 2013 Last updated at 10:18 GMT An Asian appetite for ivory, seen here in Hong Kong, is fuelling poaching in Kenya Kenya’s Wildlife Service says it is pursuing a gang of poachers they suspect of killing an entire [...]

7 January 2013 Last updated at 19:01 GMT Irish aid funding was found to have been transferred to unauthorised accounts in the office of the Ugandan prime minister Uganda has returned 4m euro ($5.25m; £3.26m) of misappropriated [...]

Tottenham forward Emmanuel Adebayor has reversed his decision not to represent Togo at January’s Africa Cup of Nations, leaving Spurs with Jermain Defoe as their only recognised striker. The 28-year-old initially planned to remain [...]

7 January 2013 Last updated at 21:07 GMT Islamist rebels have been in control of northern Mali’s urban centres since April Malian soldiers have fired on Islamist fighters in the centre of the country, military sources [...]

The music was alien to him and the language incomprehensible but for Mthetho Maphoyi the chance discovery of a CD by Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti led to a life-changing experience. His love of the music and the kindness of strangers, [...]

7 January 2013 Last updated at 17:33 GMT Hamza Bendelladj beamed as he was led away by Thai police officers An alleged Algerian computer hacker wanted by the FBI on suspicion of stealing millions of dollars from US banks to [...]

7 January 2013 Last updated at 18:32 GMT Homosexual acts are banned in many African countries An appeals court in Cameroon has overturned the conviction of two men jailed in 2011 for homosexual acts, their lawyer has said. Alice [...]

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