BBC (UK)
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 06:58
A project has been launched in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to rebuild the country's national library.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:47
An alliance of parties supporting Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won parliamentary elections, according to provisional results announced by the government.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 06:57
A suicide bombing targeting Shia pilgrims in Iraq's capital Baghdad has killed 14 people, officials say.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:18
Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi is to stand trial on charges including conspiring with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:15
The authorities in Saudi Arabia are trying to silence social and political rights activists and quash their calls for change, Human Rights Watch says.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:11
Syria's chemical weapons will be taken out of the country by Russian armoured lorries before being destroyed at sea, the international watchdog says.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:59
Commentators in Turkey believe the arrests - and subsequent firings - are evidence of a new dramatic fault line in Turkish politics, one within the AK Party itself, the BBC's James Reynolds reports.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:13
Fugitive former South Sudanese vice-president Riek Machar has denied government allegations that he tried to stage a coup at the weekend.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:42
Fresh gunfire erupted overnight in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, a day after the government said it had quashed an attempted coup
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:55
The world should be paying more attention to the sub-Saharan threat from al-Qaeda, a former head of the British armed forces has warned.