Sunderland complete the signing of Senegal defender Kader Mangane on loan.

French warplanes have been in action over the west African state of Mali in an attempt to halt Islamist rebels who took control of northern Mali last year from advancing further.

For the first time Libya's Amazigh celebrated their New Year in public - with a concert - which in itself is a novelty to the country. BBC Africa's Rana Jawad reports.

Will France's intervention in Mali pay off?

Zambia's Stopilla Sunzu is training with English side Reading and will undergo a pre-transfer medical ahead of a possible move.

With the Africa Cup of Nations kicking off on the 19 January, BBC World Sport Reporter Peter Okwoche tells us what this football competition means to the continent.

France says its military campaign against Islamist fighters in Mali is "developing favourably" but the situation in western areas is "difficult".

Chinese search giant Baidu and France Telecom are collaborating on a browser for low-end smartphones sold in Africa.

A local leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Mohammed Zangina, is arrested by the Nigerian military in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.

Islamist rebels in Somalia say a second French soldier has died of his wounds after a failed hostage rescue attempt at the weekend.

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says his country's involvement in the campaign against Islamists in Mali will last "a matter of weeks".