BBC (UK)
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 09:29
Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight.
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 09:03
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has sharply criticised Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda for taking decisions at the East African Community without consulting other members.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:21
Swiss scientists have confirmed that tests show the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had high levels of radioactive polonium in his body.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:51
Talks between Iran and world powers on Iran's disputed nuclear programme have begun in Geneva, with both sides expressing cautious optimism.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:40
A court in Ivory Coast has sentenced 15 former top officials to 20 years each in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the cocoa and coffee industry.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:37
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) killed the two French journalists who were abducted in Kidal in north Mali, a website used by the group has said.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:33
A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger endured austere military rule for much of its post-independence history and is rated by the UN as one of the world's least-developed nations.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:29
Ali Muhsin Ali is a quiet, unassuming 17-year-old Kenyan schoolboy from the capital, Nairobi, whose world was turned upside down on 7 October.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:23
Amnesty International has accused major oil companies, including Shell, of failing to report the true picture of oil spills in Nigeria.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:15
The commander of the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered in Uganda, sources have told the BBC.