A US man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to mass protests in North Africa is sentenced to a year in jail for probation violations.

Kenya's Victor Wanyama scores as Celtic stun Barcelona 2-1.

Dozens of shoppers have been rescued after a department store collapsed in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

Libya's former interim leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil is to be questioned over the death of a top rebel commander who was killed by gunmen last year.

A Kenyan mother names her new-born twins after US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi is named in the Nigeria squad to face Venezuela in a friendly in Miami next week.

Plans to create to create a new version of Megaupload are dealt a blow after Gabon blocks its web address.

A multi-storey department store collapses in Ghana's capital, Accra, with many people believed to be trapped in the rubble.

Sarah Obama, the US president's step-grandmother, leads people in the western Kenyan village of Kogelo in a victory dance celebrating Barack Obama's re-election.

The driver in a car crash that killed Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter has been cleared of all charges in South Africa, his lawyer says.

Will the US leader focus more on African affairs in a second term?

Algeria are up to number 19 on the latest Fifa World Rankings, their highest position since the system was launched in 1993.

Diggers made of syringes on show in Lagos