Africa
Migrants wash up on Libya beach
The bodies of at least 74 migrants found washed up on the shore in western Libya.
Survival in South Sudan
COMMENT: As famine hits, how do mothers ensure their vulnerable children stay alive?
South Sudan plunges into famine
100,000 people face dying of hunger, with a further million on the brink of starvation in war-torn African country.
Deadly bombing at market
At least 39 people are dead and 50 others injured after a blast at a busy shopping spot in Somalia's capital.
Mugabe talks up Trump
Zimbabwean leader, 93, refuses to stand down from politics and hopes to replicate US President's policy.
Mugabe could hold power as 'corpse'
Long-standing president's wife says he could run in next year's elections "as a corpse".
Methane kills six at naval base
Six, including three South African soldiers, dead after being overcome by methane gas leaking from a sewer.
The very hungry caterpillar from Hell
A pest invasion in southern Africa is so bad it's "like one of the 10 plagues of the Bible".
Former 'hitman for hire' in NZ
He's participated in rapes, torture and up to 20 murders in Zimbabwe. And he's stuck here.
17 die in stadium stampede
Death toll mounts after stadium barrier gives way under the weight of hundreds of football fans.
The craft taking a town by storm
There is an unlikely industry thriving in a village in Egypt: Mannequin-making.
Gecko sheds, looks like raw chicken
It looks like a fish until you grab it, then it looks like a naked chicken breast.
Islamist gunmen kill four guards
Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, killing four guards.
Left to drown in Venice
Onlookers apparently watched on from boats as video surfaces of African man drowning in Venice's Grand Canal.
Militants kill 28 in hotel attack
Car bomb rammed into gate before militants storm inside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
Fairy circles: mystery solved?
It is one of nature's head scratchers - the circles seen in distant deserts, but a new theory has emerged.
Suicide blast kills more than 40
Deadliest suicide bomb attack in Mali's history claims 42 lives and wounds more than 100.
At least 76 killed in air strike
At least 76 people killed in accidental Nigerian Air Force strike on a refugee camp.
Nigerian jet bombs refugee camp
More than 100 people are dead after an air force jet looking for Boko Haram extremists made a horrifying mistake.
Surviving the odds in war-torn South Sudan
Contains distressing images: Weighing just 9 kg and emaciated, four-year-old Nyajime Guet has stared death in the face.
Lions killed for medicine
South African police investigating brutal lion decapitations for medicine.
Ivory Coast calm as mutiny ends
Ivory Coast soldiers end their takeover of cities after a deal with the government.
Zuma's ex-wife given poll boost
South African President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma could be the country's new leader.
Soldiers open fire after mutiny
Soldiers in Ivory Coast's Bouake have opened fire and trapped the defence minister.
Africa's next top programmer
This Kiwi entrepreneur learned Malagasy and slept in huts for a year - and all to teach African youths to code.
Teen stashed inside a suitcase
Border officials first became suspicious when they saw a woman using a trolley for just one suitcase.
Dream cars inspire home build
A man with no mechanical experience has fulfilled his childhood goal of building his dream car.
Berlin suspect's nephew arrested
Tunisia arrests three suspected militants over links to man believed to be behind Christmas market truck attack.
Plane hijacked with 118 aboard
Hijackers free all passengers and crew, then surrender, after forcing plane to fly from Libya to Malta.