Africa

Deputy industry minister gunned down in Libyan city of Sirte.

Actor who played sadistic sgt Hartman described as 'coward' after posting photos of shot lions online

Conservation group Rhino Ark said Kenyan rhinos require urgent protection from illegal poaching.

Giant rodents used to detect landmines in ground-breaking project funded by UK taxpayer.

Ethiopian PM and Kenyan president hold talks with South Sudan president Salva Kiir as fresh fighting breaks out in Upper Nile state .

Unity state capital falls to commander allied to ousted vice-president Riek Machar.

Probe suggests pilot locked himself in cockpit and ignored alarms.

Human Rights Foundation says Mariah Carey was 'purchased' to perform for Angolan dictator.

South Africa's gold production has plummeted 83% in ten years.

Diamond, who quit Barclays amid the Libor-fixing furore, will manage Africa-focused Atlas Mara.

China criminalises illegal ivory after Botswana summit despite being largest buyers

Experts say Africa will lose a fifth of its elephants over the next decade.

Tackle Africa's coaching development officer talks about her role and the charity.

Pilot project to use idle TV waves to bring broadband to developing countries faces criticism

Angolan officials deny ban on Muslim faith and claims that mosques and minarets have been pulled down.

France to deploy extra troops to Central Africa to prevent regional instability, say French officials.

Christian-majority Angola bans Islam on grounds that it clashes with customs and state religion.

Charity says tax avoidance by big companies drains billions of pounds from poor countries.

'Most interesting eclipse of the year' captured on film.

Deloitte advises large companies on how to avoid potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of tax.

Nairobi fears supplies of the contraceptive will be over in another two months.

Hundreds of thousands of lives to be saved after malaria vaccine is rolled out in two years.

World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee partners Google to bring affordable internet to Africa and Asia.

UN official blames Italy's 'repressive' immigrant policies for mid-sea disaster in which people from Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana have perished.

Man loses half his penis after police dogs let loose on him.

UN report reveals reduction in number of new HIV cases but highlights issues affecting 2015 target.

UK government says Al-Shabaab insurgents seized British humanitarian aid from warehouses in Somalia and set it on fire.

Ahmadinejad to visit Benin, Niger and Ghana to improve economic and political ties.

UN resolution urges multi-stage process in ousting Islamist militant groups from northern Mali.

Feared assassination attempt on Aziz turns out to be military error.