The World Bank unveils a $1bn (£660m) aid package to help DR Congo and its neighbours, as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma.

Mohammed Morsi calls for the people of Sinai to give up their arms after seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the region are freed.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses.

Equatorial Guinea replace Tanzania for July's Cosafa Cup in Zambia after the Taifa Stars were forced to withdraw.

Ghana's Derek Boateng announces he has joined English club Fulham.

Andrew Harding looks at an example of economic change at a shopping mall in the township of Alexandra.

Hope for tripe sellers and other township entrepreneurs

Yoga classes in Langata Women's Prison in Nairobi, Kenya, are inspiring both inmates and teacher. The Africa Yoga Project is teaching yoga in slums, orphanages and prisons in Kenya.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan orders the release of all women held over "terrorist activity" - a Boko Haram condition for holding peace talks.

UK doctors and politicians join battle against FGM

George Alagiah answers your Twitter questions

A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa.

The brother of South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius, Carl, is acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in 2008.

Algeria's prime minister denies rumours that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, saying he is "improving every day" in Paris after suffering a mini-stroke in April.

The young Africans who seek a brighter future in the Gulf

Ten South African miners are injured after rubber bullets were fired at a crowd of striking workers, police say.

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Ghana's luxury building boom

US President Barack Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in his first extended tour of sub-Saharan Africa, the White House says.

About 120 militant Islamists are arrested in Maiduguri as they organise the funeral of a commander, the Nigerian army says.