The UN threatens sanctions after Mali's Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra was arrested on the orders of March's coup leader Capt Amadou Sanogo.

Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment for a lung infection three days after he was rushed to hospital, South African officials say.

The first African city edition of the famous board game Monopoly is launched in Lagos, with Banana Island revealed as the upmarket equivalent of Mayfair.

Fourteen people die in South Africa when a bridge is swept away by heavy rains, officials say.

The first African city edition of the famous board game Monopoly is launched in Lagos, with Banana Island revealed as the upmarket equivalent of Mayfair.

Jacques Anouma condemns the decision to bar him from the Confederation of African Football elections.

Rebel forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) capture the key northern town of Ndele after a surprise attack on government troops, an army source tells the BBC.

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Al Ahly will start the defence of the African Champions League away to the winners of Saint Michel United or Tusker.

Issa Hayatou will be unchallenged in the Confederation of African Football contest.

South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela is being treated for a lung infection, the president's office says.

Mali's Prime Minister Cheik Modibo Diarra resigns, hours after being arrested on the orders of March's coup leader Capt Amadou Sanogo.

Egypt's capital Cairo steels itself for for rival rallies ahead of a referendum on a new constitution ordered by President Mohamed Morsi.

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