Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment. She was 71.

Zambian President Rupiah Banda has conceded electoral defeat to opposition leader Michael Sata.Mr Sata, who has run for the presidency four times, was declared the winner overnight after polling 43% of the vote.

At least 36 people have been killed after unknown gunmen opened fire at a crowded bar near the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, officials say.

Two Ugandans have been sent to jail after pleading guilty to involvement in the 2010 bombings that killed at least 76 people in the capital, Kampala.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said the country cannot grow in an isolated way, and it will look to develop global and domestic growth.

Niger says that Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, has arrived in the capital, Niamey.

The head of the National Transitional Council has delivered his first speech in Libya's capital, Tripoli, since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.

Kenyan human rights activist Al-Amin Kimathi is one of five suspects in the 2010 Kampala World Cup bombing freed by a Ugandan court.

One of the sons of fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been given refuge in neighbouring Niger.

The Rugby World Cup has officially opened in New Zealand, described by Prime Minister John Key as the biggest event his country has staged.

A senior general in Libyan ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces has fled to Niger, according to local sources.

Libya's fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi has dismissed as lies and psychological warfare the speculation that he has fled south to neighbouring Niger.

Col Muammar Gaddafi's security chief is among several former Libyan officials who have arrived in the capital of Niger, Niamey, officials there say.

A sixth region of Somalia has been declared a famine area by the UN, which warns the situation will only worsen in the coming months.

A sixth region of Somalia has been declared a famine area by the UN, which says the situation will only worsen in the coming months.

Libyan interim government forces who have surrounded the Gaddafi-held desert town of Bani Walid say their talks with the loyalist side have failed.

Fighting has broken out in Sudan's Blue Nile state between the army and forces loyal to Governor Malik Agar

A key summit on Libya, hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UK PM David Cameron, is to begin in Paris.

Libya's interim leadership has rejected the idea of deploying any kind of international military force, the UN envoy to the country has said.

Algeria's UN envoy has defended his country's decision to grant refuge to the wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader leader Muammar Gaddafi.