1 April 2013 Last updated at 09:10 GMT Emergency workers in Tanzania’s main city, Dar es Salaam, have now pulled at least 30 bodies from the ruins of a collapsed multi-storey building. The building, which was under construction [...]

1 April 2013 Last updated at 12:28 GMT President Bashir said the government would continue to talk to all political groups Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has said all political prisoners in the country are to be released. In [...]

A day of national mourning has been declared on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where at least 11 people have died in severe floods. Torrential rain hit the island’s capital Port Louis on Saturday. The Mauritian weather service [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 21:25 GMT The self-proclaimed president addressed hundreds of supporters on Saturday The rebel leader who has declared himself president of the Central African Republic has announced a caretaker [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 20:24 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. People in South Africa are following Mandela’s [...]

Fifa, world football’s governing body, have written to the South African government warning them against a judicial inquiry into the recent match-fixing scandals, saying the matter should be handled by the country’s football [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 18:48 GMT Nigerian troops say they have killed 14 suspected members of the Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, in a raid on a building in the northern city of Kano. A soldier was killed in the raid, [...]

62:45 The assistant referee flags for offside against Georgios Samaras. Free kick taken by Craig Samson. 54:49 Free kick taken by Jim Goodwin. 54:49 Dismissal Dismissal Victor Wanyama is shown [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 15:23 GMT A Malian army checkpoint was attacked on Saturday evening (file picture) The Malian army has been fighting Islamist rebels in the northern city of Timbuktu after a suicide bomber attempted [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 14:44 GMT The floods brought chaos to Port Louis city centre At least 10 people have died after sudden rains caused flooding in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on Saturday, officials have said. At [...]

The man confirmed as the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, Uhuru Kenyatta, has vowed that his government will work to serve all the country’s people without discrimination. He was speaking after Kenya’s Supreme Court [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 08:25 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. People in South Africa are following Mandela’s [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 07:17 GMT Five members of the South African military have died in a helicopter crash, officials said. The aircraft was patrolling the Kruger National Park on Saturday evening looking for rhino [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 06:41 GMT Mr Odinga’s supporters reacted angrily outside the courthouse as the verdict was read Defeated Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said he will seek peaceful ways to end [...]

31 March 2013 Last updated at 02:35 GMT By Thomas Fessy BBC News, northern Mali French-led forces have recovered the main cities in northern Mali held by Islamist rebels. But [...]

The Sierra Leone coach Lars Olof Mattsson has quit his post after two years in charge of the team but there is confusion over his resignation. The 58-year old Swedish manager claims he has already tendered his letter of resignation [...]

30 March 2013 Last updated at 22:03 GMT Mr Odinga’s supporters reacted angrily outside the courthouse as the verdict was read Defeated Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said he will seek peaceful ways to end [...]

72:08 Corner taken right-footed by Santi Cazorla from the left by-line to the near post, clearance by Noel Hunt. 71:33 Outswinging corner taken by Santi Cazorla from the right by-line played to the near post, Noel [...]

77:50 Free kick awarded for a foul by Kei Kamara on Maynor Figueroa. Free kick taken by Maynor Figueroa. 77:23 Jordi Gomez takes a shot. Blocked by Michael Turner. 76:07 Long range effort from James [...]

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has accepted the ruling of the Supreme Court that his rival Uhuru Kenyatta won the presidential election in a free and fair poll. Mr Odinga, who had challenged the result on the grounds of technical irregularities, [...]

Winnie Mandela has said she is “extremely touched” by the concern shown over the health of her ex-husband Nelson Mandela, who is spending a third day in a South African hospital with a lung infection. Speaking after a church service [...]

30 March 2013 Last updated at 07:48 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The aftermath of the building collapse- video courtesy [...]

30 March 2013 Last updated at 12:23 GMT Mr Mandela’s lungs are said to have been damaged working in a jail quarry Nelson Mandela is breathing without difficulty, South Africa’s presidency has said, as he spends a [...]

30 March 2013 Last updated at 15:43 GMT Security was tight in Nairobi ahead of the ruling Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential election victory, rejecting several petitions challenging the [...]

The rebel in charge of the Central African Republic has said his government will look into mining contracts signed with South African and Chinese companies by the ousted leader. Michel Djotodia said the new authorities would reconsider any [...]

30 March 2013 Last updated at 05:11 GMT The Supreme Court judges have been reviewing partial recounts Kenya’s Supreme Court is to announce its decision on a challenge to the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president. The [...]

30 March 2013 Last updated at 00:29 GMT People wearing T-shirts showing images of Xi Jinping turned out to greet him Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a string of deals and pledged to bolster bilateral ties as he ended a trip [...]

29 March 2013 Last updated at 12:09 GMT Government critics say corruption is rampant in Nigeria In our series of letters from Africa, Sola Odunfa in Lagos writes that acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died last week, [...]

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South African President Jacob Zuma has sought to reassure his country as Nelson Mandela receives treatment for the recurrence of a lung infection. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Zuma said that people “must not panic” and that the [...]