Zambia coach Herve Renard says he is to blame for the holders failure to reach the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's game between Ivory Coast and Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations.

France returns to Nigeria five 3,000-year-old terracotta sculptures smuggled out of the country in 2010.

Nigeria into the next Africa Nations Cup round after penalties against Ethiopia.

Viewpoint: Why Nigeria's intervention in Mali is vital

Defending champions Zambia crash out of the Nations Cup after a goalless draw with Burkina Faso, who progress to the quarter-finals.

The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said the main task of French-led forces is to consolidate the military gains made in Mali.

Pictures of Mali's ancient texts on astronomy, drug cures and Islam

The release of $4m (£2.5m) promised by Nigeria's president seven months ago to clean up villages contaminated by lead is welcomed by campaigners.

Global donors pledge $455m ($289m) towards an operation against Islamist militants in Mali, half of what African leaders had requested.

Egypt's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has warned that the current political crisis "could lead to a collapse of the state".

At least one person dies in an apparent suicide attack reportedly outside the offices of Somalia's prime minister in Mogadishu.

French and Malian troops consolidate their position in Timbuktu as an international conference seeks to fund the operation against Islamic militants.

Protests and violence continue overnight in Egypt as thousands defy curfews imposed by President Mohammed Morsi.

Why a Nigerian prefers Manchester to Katsina United

Six artists, including Mali's Abdoulaye Konate, share their ideas