Angelina Jolie says sexual violence in conflict is now "firmly on the top table of international diplomacy", as a global summit on the issue ends.

Ugandan writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi reacts to winning the overall Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize.

Piano fashion, maths made easy and lighting up Rio

Popular Nigerian gospel singer Kefee Obareki Don-Momoh reportedly dies in a hospital in the United States after falling into a coma.

Preview followed by live coverage of the World Cup game between Ivory Coast and Japan.

The survival of Africa's elephants is under threat, with estimated poaching levels well above their birth rate, an environmental report says.

Egypt asks YouTube to remove a video of a woman being sexually assaulted during a rally supporting the country's newly elected president.

Cameroon coach Volker Finke says Mexico can pose a big threat in Friday's match despite only just qualifying for the World Cup.

A guide to Libyan Islamist group at heart of recent clashes

Kenya's president pays for the national football team to go and watch some World Cup matches in Brazil to inspire them to qualify in future.

Suzanne Vanhooymissen reports on the daily blackouts and rising cost of energy in Ghana, crippling many businesses there.

Without funding and more say in how their industry is run, chocolate is not so sweet for many cocoa traders and farmers in Africa.

Nigeria's Ejike Uzoenyi is thrilled to be at the World Cup after being recalled to the squad as an injury replacement.

Somalia's al-Shabab militants round up around 100 women and order them to comply with a strict Islamic dress code or risk being whipped.

Credit ratings agency Fitch gives South Africa a negative outlook following a five-month platinum strike in the country.

An informal agreement that could help end the long-running strike in South Africa's platinum sector has been put to striking miners

Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, accuses Sudan of stepping up its attacks on civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.