Phelekezela Mphoko denies the charges and was released on bail a day after being called a fugitive.

Nigeria, the continent's last country to have had a polio case, is close to being declared polio-free.

Teenager Zameer wants to become the best car spinner in South Africa.

Lt-Gen Burhan will head the Sovereign Council for the first 21 months of the planned transition to democracy.

Traditional horse-racing by Xhosa men in South Africa's Eastern Cape.

Normalisation committee installed in Egypt after the resignation of the entire EFA board following the Pharaohs' early Afcon exit.

The jokes on Skol's beer bottles in Rwanda provoke an outcry including from the gender minister.

Phelekezela Mphoko's lawyer denies he is a fugitive and says he left a police station fearing he would be poisoned.

Togolese footballer Woedikou Afi Apéafa says women are denied the chance to travel for tournaments.

A military court jails leaders fighting for independence for the English-speaking part of Cameroon.

Two women share their stories of surviving and then recovering from acid attacks in Uganda.

Zambian sports nutritionist Linia Patel recommends African recipes for different events.