Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure scores as Manchester City see off Sunderland to win the English League Cup at Wembley.

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 39 villagers in north-eastern Nigeria, hours after an even deadlier twin bombing in nearby Maiduguri.

Nigeria confirm they will play Scotland in a World Cup warm up match at Fulham's Craven Cottage on 28 May.

Nigerians have spent $6.5bn on private jets - the BBC visits one in Lagos.

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o wins an Independent Spirit award for her debut movie role in 12 Years a Slave, on the eve of the Oscars.

One of Reeva Steenkamp's closest friends speaks to the BBC about her fears and hopes, ahead of Oscar Pistorius's trial.

The battle that lies ahead at the Oscar Pistorius murder trial

Egypt back where it started - as Ukraine sets out down the road

The Zimbabwean teenagers living with HIV, but without treatment