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Reporters gather outside the house of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Locked out: Sheriffs fail to seize Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's art collection and silver tea set over long-overdue debt

Sheriffs trying to auction off part of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's art collection and silver tea set in order to settle a long-overdue debt were unable to proceed today, after being refused entry into her Soweto home.

Boko Haram has fought against the government since 2009, demanding Sharia law

Nigerian troops begin biggest ever assault on Islamist sect

Fighter aircraft join renewed offensive against militant group in Borno state

Video: Drunken safari guide sacked after charging an elephant in game reserve

Footage shows the apparently drunk man running at an elephant

Nigerian troops sent to border areas to fight militants

Nigeria has launched a military campaign to flush Islamist militants out of their bases in remote border areas, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the north-east.

Kenyan demonstrators released piglets at the gates of parliament and poured blood on the pavement to protest against wage demands by newly elected members of parliament

Graffitied pigs and buckets of blood on the streets of Nairobi as protests over MPs' pay continue

Anger as lawmakers demand monthly rate of pay that is 131 times Kenya's minimum wage

Justin Bieber performing in his 'Believe' world tour

More than £70,000 stolen from Justin Bieber gig by armed gang who tunnelled into 'safe room' via ladies loo

Thieves are reported to have stolen more than one million South African rand (£70,000) in takings after a Justin Bieber concert at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium.

Libya: Car bomb near Benghazi hospital kills 10

At least 10 people have died after a car bomb exploded near a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in one of the biggest attacks since the end of the civil war that ousted former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Medical students inside the Mathari hospital

Dozens of patients flee from Kenyan psychiatric hospital in Nairobi in mass breakout

Police in Kenya were on Monday night hunting for more than 30 patients after a mass breakout from a psychiatric hospital in the capital, Nairobi.

Rescued boy soldier is stoned to death

A child soldier rescued from a rebel militia group in the Central African Republic by Unicef before being forcibly re-recruited has been stoned to death by a mob, it has emerged.

Revealed: The remarkable teacher behind the Soweto strings

The Soweto suburbs are an unlikely location for a globally-renowned classical music school. But that is where the British viola player Rosemary Nalden has spent the last 20 years, sharing her passion for stringed instruments with hundreds of township children and transforming their lives.

On the run: A poster offers a reward for the capture of Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau

Extremism in Nigeria: Africa's great unreported bloodletting

The sophisticated weaponry flooding into the country has enabled Boko Haram to step up the ferocity of its attacks

Prominent youth pro-democracy activist Ahmed Maher detained in Egypt

Egypt's prosecutor general ordered the detention of a prominent youth leader for four days on Friday pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence.

Desmond Tutu has said he will no longer vote for the ruling African National Congress

Desmond Tutu’s editorial denounces the ANC

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, lifelong friend of former South African president Nelson Mandela and the man regarded by many as the nation’s voice of conscience, has said he will no longer vote for the ruling African National Congress (ANC).

Foreign Office withdraws some staff from British Embassy in Libya amid concerns over 'ongoing political uncertainty'

The Foreign Office has temporarily withdrawn some staff from the British Embassy in Libya in response to the "ongoing political uncertainty" in the country.

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