Kenya is due to hold a re-run of the 8 August elections later this month but the withdrawal of the main opposition candidate has called it into question.

Egypt Football Association president Hany Abo Rida says that Argentine coach Hector Cuper is the man to lead the Pharaohs at the World Cup finals.

A tornado-like storm kills eight people as its sweeps through South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal region.

A video shows a group of four or five using sticks to beat up an African man, who is tied to a post.

China was recently a foreign aid recipient but now rivals the US as the world's largest donor, research shows.