Africa

Fokker 50 cargo aircraft headed to Somalia's Mogadishu flies into commercial buildings in Nairobi.

Bull elephant, famous for its long tusks, found dead in Tsavo East National Park.

Forty-five percent of African households are still living in poverty.

UN officials say 4.5m internally displaced increase caused by Syrian civil war.

Squad fled tournament in Uganda and travelled via Romania to the Netherlands to escape Eritrea.

Deal calls for immediate ceasefire and efforts to install transitional government leading to fresh elections in South Sudan.

Chinese leader pledges not to interfere with internal politics on back of massive aid and investment packages

Graphic image of son holding his father's severed head circulating in blogs.

EU sends aid to help prevent disease spreading out of control.

Soka area of Ibadan in Nigeria is turning into 'horror forest' as several decomposed and mutilated corpses are found.

Elephants can recognise whether a human is a friend or enemy from their voice.

Arab criminals are kidnapping African migrants and demanding relatives in Europe pay ransoms.

Researchers look at how a failed Saharan Atlantic Ocean rift zone shaped the planet.

Morrison Adenkor and Angelina Adet were handed the maximum 10-year prison sentence for slicing son's fingers.

World Bank delays loan to Uganda after President Museveni passes anti-gay bill.

Family Bank Director Peter Njuguna Mukuria shot in head and neck outside Kenya school in Nairobi

Researchers discover deadly malaria Plasmodium vivax came from Africa 300,000 years ago.

Museveni signs law which bans miniskirts and pornography.

Court finds the men guilty of committing "an improper or unnatural act with a person of the same sex."

Fresh hope for treatment of Necator americanus, which causes infections in 700 million people.

Deputy industry minister gunned down in Libyan city of Sirte.

Actor who played sadistic sgt Hartman described as 'coward' after posting photos of shot lions online

Conservation group Rhino Ark said Kenyan rhinos require urgent protection from illegal poaching.

Giant rodents used to detect landmines in ground-breaking project funded by UK taxpayer.

Ethiopian PM and Kenyan president hold talks with South Sudan president Salva Kiir as fresh fighting breaks out in Upper Nile state .

Unity state capital falls to commander allied to ousted vice-president Riek Machar.

Probe suggests pilot locked himself in cockpit and ignored alarms.

Human Rights Foundation says Mariah Carey was 'purchased' to perform for Angolan dictator.

South Africa's gold production has plummeted 83% in ten years.

Diamond, who quit Barclays amid the Libor-fixing furore, will manage Africa-focused Atlas Mara.