12 April 2013 Last updated at 00:54 GMT Previously healthy children are developing severe malnutrition and associated complications after their arrival at the remote Mauritanian refugee camp, MSF warns Thousands of Malian refugees [...]

An unknown Irishman Jonathan Mckinstry has been installed as caretaker coach of Sierra Leone. He replaces Sweden’s Lars Olof Mattsson who resigned a few weeks ago. Mckinstry’s appointment came after a meeting between [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 17:25 GMT Homosexual acts are banned in many African countries A prominent human rights activist has been granted bail in Zambia after he was arrested for appearing on a live television calling [...]

Nadjim Abdou might play for the 15th worst footballing nation in the world, but on Saturday he will be at the centre of attention as he tries to help Millwall book a place in the FA Cup final for the second time in nine years. Nadjim Abdou’s [...]

A team reporting for BBC Newsnight has uncovered evidence that soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were ordered to rape women by their superior officers. On Thursday, foreign ministers of the G8 announced what they called an historic [...]

Zambia’s slide down the Fifa rankings has continued with the Chipolopolo dropping nine places this month. According to the April world rankings released on Thursday, the 2012 African champions are now no better than 45th. [...]

The Nigeria Football Federation has withdrawn its team from the 2014 African Nations Championship qualifiers due to financial constraints. Nigeria were set to play Ivory Coast in Calabar between 21-23 June, in the tournament for locally-based [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 12:50 GMT The Malian army has been accused of targeting ethnic Tuaregs Two people have died in detention in Mali after being tortured by the military and denied ventilation in a cell, a rights group [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 13:45 GMT Rape is said to a major problem in poor communities in Nigeria Nigeria should consider imposing the death penalty on convicted rapists, the women’s affairs minister has said. Rape [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 15:17 GMT Police are trying to trace his next of kin A man who fell to his death in west London from the undercarriage of an aeroplane has been identified. The body of 30-year-old Jose Matada was [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 08:55 GMT Abubakar Shekau uses the internet to send out his messages The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has rejected the idea of an amnesty. Last week President Goodluck Jonathan asked a [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 00:37 GMT Sheeba Rani has been ostracised by many friends and relatives for marrying Nigerian Sambo Davis Africans staying in and around India’s commercial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), complain [...]

11 April 2013 Last updated at 00:02 GMT Madonna says she is committed to helping to end poverty in Malawi Malawi has accused US singer Madonna of “bullying state officials” after she reportedly complained about her [...]

Egypt’s sports ministry has announced that supporters will be banned from upcoming continental club matches to be played in the country. This follows recent riots by the limited number of fans allowed to attend African Champions [...]

Rubbish from the streets might not seem an obvious choice of fuel but that’s exactly what’s being burnt to provide heat as part of innovative community cooker scheme in Kenya. The recently constructed stove in Naivasha, which acts [...]

It is estimated 1,700 women were raped in Somali camps last year and it is believed many of the attacks were carried out by local security forces. Somalia has one of the worst records of conflict-based sexual violence. Gabriel Gatehouse reports [...]

10 April 2013 Last updated at 17:06 GMT There is growing concern about Mr Mandela’s health Daughters of South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela have launched a court action to oust three of his aides [...]

10 April 2013 Last updated at 11:58 GMT By Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Mogadishu Come to Lido Beach in Mogadishu. The fresh sea breeze really does feel like a wind [...]

Nigeria’s Sunday Mba is keen to get his promising career back on track. He has not played club football since scoring the Super Eagles’ winning goal in the Africa Cup of Nations final in South Africa two months ago. [...]

10 April 2013 Last updated at 13:32 GMT There is growing concern about Mr Mandela’s health The daughters of South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela have launched court action to oust three of his aides [...]

Equatorial Guinea face being stripped of a 4-3 win over Cape Verde in 2014 World Cup qualifying for fielding an ineligible player. Fifa says it has opened a disciplinary case against the Equatorial Guinea FA after last month’s [...]

The G8 foreign ministers have an unusual and disturbing subject on their agenda today when they meet in London: sexual violence against children in war zones. It’s a subject that the Foreign Secretary William Hague, has chosen to highlight. [...]

10 April 2013 Last updated at 11:26 GMT The Niger Delta is vital to the country’s economy Nigeria’s security forces have recovered the bodies of 11 of the 12 policemen killed in the oil-rich Niger Delta on Friday, [...]

10 April 2013 Last updated at 01:19 GMT Children in DR Congo are among those suffering, Save the Children says The charity Save the Children says the majority of victims of rape and other sexual violence in many of the world’s [...]

Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s new president, following his victory in March against Raila Odinga. Dignitaries and tens of thousands of people witnessed the inauguration at a stadium in the capital, Nairobi. Mr Kenyatta is [...]

Ghana international striker Jordan Ayew has made it clear he wants to stay at Marseille, even suggesting he may finish his career at the French club. “I have no intention of leaving and I will be here next year,” the younger [...]

Cameroon Sports Minister Adoum Garoua has backed down on his decision to block elections at the country’s football federation (Fecafoot). Garoua was forced into the climbdown by Fifa who warned that his move was tantamount to [...]

9 April 2013 Last updated at 08:22 GMT By Anna Wallenlind Nuvunga Tete, Mozambique An early Monday morning at Maputo’s International Airport finds the departure lounge [...]

Uhuru Kenyatta is set to be sworn in as Kenya’s new president, following his victory in March against Raila Odinga. His first-round victory was recently upheld by the Supreme Court. Preparations have been underway for some time at a stadium [...]

As Kenya’s population slowly spreads out from the cities and encroaches on land where lions roam free, farmers have been illegally killing more and more of the creatures which they see as a threat to their livestock. Conservationists [...]