Over 30 police officers in Kenya have been charged with crimes, including murder, says the country's civilian police watchdog body.

Hugh Masekela and Oliver Mtukudzi are bringing together a collaboration of Jazz and Tuku

Ending poverty is one of 17 goals outlined by the UN to replace the Millennium Development Goals which expire this year, as Naomi Grimley explains.

BBC West Africa analyst Thomas Fessy looks at the lessons we can learn from the coup in Burkina Faso, which has been reversed just a week after the presidential guards seized power.

The Rwandan police are arbitrarily rounding up people on the streets of the capital Kigali and detaining them, according to Human Rights Watch.

Former international goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell fails in his attempt to become Cameroon Football Federation president.

Muslims around the world have been celebrating Eid al-Adha

Nigeria bans all cars, public transport, horses, donkeys and camels in Borno state to prevent an attack by Boko Haram over the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is taking part in a comedy quiz show for Australian television when he is given news that two of his colleagues in Egypt, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, have been pardoned.

Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are released from prison in Egypt after receiving presidential pardons.

Wolves are no longer interested in signing ex-Newcastle United and Nigeria striker Shola Ameobi.

If Japan's shock win over South Africa suggests Tier 2 nations are adapting to elite competition, Namibia's part-timers have rather more modest ambitions.

Mozambique has rid itself of landmines - but they are still a huge problem in other parts of the world, says Karen Allen.

Does burning elephant tusks actually destroy them?

Ghanaian Afro-roots artist Rocky Dawuni explains where the Afro-roots sound comes from.