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A man in military uniform blows himself up outside a Nigerian army barracks in the city of Kaduna, which is also rocked by other blasts, officials say.

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill is reintroduced to Uganda's parliament - without the death penalty but still calling for life in prison for some offences.

Preview of Wednesday's second semi-final between Mali and Ivory Coast at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

South African police charge a man who claimed to be Khulekani "Mqgumeni" Khumalo - a popular dead singer - with fraud.

Snow blankets parts of Libya, a rare occurrence for the country

Tens of thousands of Somalis are returning home after fleeing severe droughts in southern parts of the country.

Preview of Wednesday's first semi-final between Zambia and Ghana at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Organisers say nearly a third of the tickets for the Nations Cup semi-final and final in Libreville are still available.

A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan last month has been freed and flown to Kenya, officials from both countries say.

Can a restaurant help Liberia move on from conflict?

Zimbabwe FA former head Henrietta Rushwaya will stand trial this month on alleged corruption charges.

Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley should be deported from the US over his role in the civil war of the 1990s, a judge rules.

The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think-tank warns.

Medical charity Doctors of the World pulls out of northern Mali following a recent outbreak of fighting by Tuareg rebels - some of whom used to fight for Col Gaddafi in Libya.

A system for sending wounded people from the Libyan conflict abroad for treatment has been suspended after it came to light that it has been abused.

So why has Gabon failed to become tourist hot-spot?

Ivory Coast's Sol Bamba and Max Gradel dismiss criticisms over the Elephants' style of play at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Democratic Republic of Congo faces so many challenges battling diseases such as malaria, AIDS and cholera that cancer has been pushed off the radar.

A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.

On-loan Wolves midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong returns to Arsenal after being ruled out for the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.