Africa
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South Africa credit rating: junk status sends rand tumblingCurrency falls after Standard & Poor’s downgrades outlook, blaming political risks arising from Jacob Zuma’s actions
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South African politician investigated for tweet about benefits of colonialismHelen Zille wrote colonialism had given the country ‘independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water’
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Jacob Zuma: his exit might be anything but dignifiedA veteran of the struggle, South Africa’s president has a knack for survival. But he may have gone too far in sacking half his cabinet last week, and his time as leader is drawing to a close
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Boko Haram kidnaps 22 girls and women in north-east NigeriaAttackers loyal to faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf
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South Africa: ANC in chaos after Jacob Zuma sacks finance ministerDivisions within party underlined by unprecedented verbal attack from deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa
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Patricia Battye obituaryOther lives: Welfare worker in Africa, dedicated to achieving social justice
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Birth of Britain’s first crowned sifaka lemur caught on camera – video reportThe birth of Britain’s first crowned sifaka, a type of rare lemur, has been filmed by staff at the Cotswold Wildlife Park
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Struggle for control of Libya's oil threatens to deepen conflictsPower struggle could undermine authority of UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord
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Ahmed Kathrada obituarySouth African freedom fighter who with Nelson Mandela was jailed under apartheid
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Boy found clinging to debris sole survivor as dozens feared dead in MediterraneanBoy, aged 16, says 146 people including children and pregnant women were onboard when boat from Libya sank
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'School is good': the boy who refused to let Boko Haram deny him educationAfter losing his right hand when a discarded Boko Haram bomb went off, Jonathan, 14, learned to write with his left. Now he dreams of becoming a lawyer
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Bodies of two UN investigators found in Congo villageMichael Sharp, a US citizen, and Zaida Catalan, a Swedish national, had been monitoring a sanctions regime when they disappeared
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Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo acquitted of war crimesGbagbo also cleared of crimes against humanity for role in 2011 civil war at trial held in Abidjan after refusal to send her to ICC in The Hague
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Broken promises for the children of Bangui abused by peacekeepersYoung people who reported sexual abuse by soldiers are still living on the streets in Central African Republic, despite political pledges they would be looked after
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Millions are on the brink of starvation in east Africa. We must act fastFamilies in the region are once more forced into a daily struggle to find food. We can help to avoid a repetition of the famine of 1984
Germany's other brutal history: should Berlin's 'African Quarter' be renamed?