Queens Park Rangers midfielder Stephane Mbia joins Spanish side Sevilla on loan for the remainder of the season.

Liberia's education minister says she finds it hard to believe that all 25,000 candidates failed this year's university admission exam.

Cameroon include goalkeeper Idriss Carlos Kameni in a 25-man squad to face Libya in September's World Cup qualifier.

A seven-year-old South African girl has shot dead her friend, aged six, with her grandfather's revolver while playing at a farm, police say.

Construction and airport workers in South Africa go on strike for higher wages, following similar action in other sectors and dealing a further blow to the troubled economy.

Police in Kenya are investigating the murder of a former British army colonel who was killed by an armed gang during a raid at his home.

Didier Six agrees to take charge of Togo in their World Cup match against DR Congo before stepping down.

Two Kenyan men sign a deal to "marry" the same woman, taking it in turns to stay in her house and sharing responsibility for any children, reports say.

The UN opens an investigation into reports that its troops killed two Congolese civilians during protests in the city of Goma, amid fighting with rebels.

India's biggest oil explorer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), agrees a deal to buy a 10% stake in an offshore gas field in Mozambique.

Prize-winning Cern scientist brings over African teachers