(BBC) Somali Islamist group al-Shabab says it was behind twin blasts which hit the Ugandan capital on Sunday, killing 74 people.
A second arrest warrant is issued for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir - this time on genocide charges.
(BBC) At least 23 people have been killed in twin explosions in the Ugandan capital Kampala that targeted World Cup fans, police say.
(BBC) Guinea's presidential run-off is postponed to allow a fraud investigation, the electoral commission says.
(BBC) Mozambique's government has announced plans to build a $132m (£87m) bridge across the Zambezi River to help tap coal reserves.
Turnout is reportedly low in Burundi, where a single candidate, President Nkurunziza, is standing in a presidential poll.
(BBC) The last of three ceremonies to rebury victims of Rwanda's 1994 genocide recovered in Lake Victoria takes place in Uganda.
In a landmark ruling a Kenya court rules that prisoners will be allowed to vote in the referendum on a new constitution.
(BBC) African migrants in Libya are "living in constant fear" and its human rights' reforms are stalling, an Amnesty report says.
Three peacekeepers with the international force in Sudan's Darfur region are killed in an attack, officials say.
(BBC) Two major aid agencies launch appeals for seven million people facing food shortages in Niger after crop failures.
(BBC) At least 48 people have been killed in clashes between rival Arab nomadic groups in Sudan's Darfur region, a clan leader says.
(BBC) African leaders meet to push forward the idea of planting a tree belt - the Great Green Wall - across Africa from west to east.
Two Sudan rebels surrender to the International Criminal Court to face charges over an attack on peacekeepers in Darfur.
Why are Kenya's politicians targeting gay people?
(BBC) Ghana impounds a Chinese ship and arrests three crew members after three Ivorians are alleged to have been thrown overboard.
(BBC) A prize of $5m (£3m) for African ex-leaders is not being awarded for a second year, Sudanese magnate Mo Ibrahim says.
(BBC) France is closing its military bases in Senegal - 50 years after the independence of its former West Africa colony.
(BBC) There is growing alarm in Kenya where the government has announced 2.3m bags of maize are unfit for human consumption.
(BBC) Malawi's president pardons a gay couple jailed after getting engaged, in a case which triggered international criticism.
(BBC) Omar al-Bashir is sworn in as president of Sudan, following his controversial win in last month's elections.
(BBC) The UN Security Council votes to withdraw its force from Chad and the Central African Republic by the end of 2010.
(BBC) EU observers say Ethiopia's poll "falls short" of international standards, as ruling party wins all but a handful of seats.
(BBC) Kenya's attorney general says he will appeal against a court decision declaring a form of Islamic courts unconstitutional.
(BBC) Election observers in Ethiopia are investigating irregularity complaints, but say Sunday's vote was largely peaceful.
Polls close for Ethiopia's first election since 2005 when disputes left 200 dead, and the opposition is alleging fraud.
(BBC) A growing number of people from Niger are crossing the border into Nigeria because of the food crisis at home, reports say.
(BBC) The Madagascar army and police clash with a dissident police unit in the capital Antananarivo.
(BBC) Eleven members of a Congolese militia which seized an airport and fought UN and government forces are given death sentences.
(BBC) A civil liberties group says police in Nigeria routinely carry out extrajudicial killings, torture and sexual assault.
Will Sudan's island garden on the Nile be lost forever?
(BBC) A gay couple in Malawi face 14 years in jail after being convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts.
(BBC) Why South Africa's biggest fan has never married
(BBC) The women behind Africa's most powerful men
Four East African states sign an agreement to seek more of the River Nile's water, despite anger in Egypt.
(BBC) Coping after disasters in which all others die
Zimbabwean ministerial nominee Roy Bennett is cleared of terrorism charges which have divided the unity government.
(BBC) Niger's military rulers promise to hold elections before the first anniversary of their 18 February coup.
(BBC) Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as head of state following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
(BBC) Uganda's first gold refinery opens to process gold mainly from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
(BBC) Why freed Sudan slave felt he had to leave school
(BBC) The ice cap on Uganda's highest peak has split because of global warming, the country's wildlife authority says.
(BBC) Saddle up, for a trip to Chad's thriving horse-racing scene
(BBC) Ugandan rebel fighters massacred up to 100 people in a village in DR Congo, a top UN official says.
(BBC) At least eight people are reportedly killed as mutinous troops attack an army base in south Sudan over recent elections.
(BBC) Chad's government says the army has killed 105 insurgents and beaten back a new attack but the rebels deny this.
(BBC) Would condoms in Zambian prisons reduce HIV spread?
