More than 100 bodies have been decapitated in graves in Benin, police say, in what is believed to be a crime linked to extreme Voodoo practices.
Zanzibar beat Rwanda 2-1 in the Cecafa Cup in Uganda, where Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri is facing increasing pressure.
Many African countries experience violence and intimidation fuelled by tribalism but Tanzania seems to be an exception.
Fighters reveal Rwanda's attempt to engineer new rebel front
Rwandan support for rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo may be even more widespread than previously thought.
Senegal are fined $100,000 because of crowd trouble against Ivory Coast.
Commercial hunting will be banned in Botswana as wildlife species face a sharp decline in the southern African nation, officials say.
Rwandan support for DR Congo rebels may be more widespread than previously thought, the BBC hears from ex-rebels offered money to set up a new front.
TP Mazembe are declared champions of DR Congo despite their bitter rivals Vita Club disputing the decision in court.
South Africa's government acted unlawfully in failing to give the Dalai Lama a visa in time for a planned visit last year, a court rules.
Microfinance, which helps some of the poorest people generate their own incomes, has struggled to get established in the Middle East, but one country where it has taken hold is Tunisia.
Egypt's constituent assembly is set to vote on a draft constitution days before judges may dissolve it, amid a power struggle with President Mursi.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gives conditional backing for a one-year African Union mission against Islamist militants in Mali.
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