Inequality on the continent has grown in the past decade as tax systems have failed to redistribute wealth, says Christian Aid.
The old guard outshone new kids on the block as veteran star David Bowie used his Brit awards appearance to plead with Scotland not to leave the UK.
Zimbabwe’s celebration of "the life of a very special person" has been criticised for coming at a time of job losses and slowing economic growth.
Deaths have been reported after Kiev demonstrators were told to end their efforts to occupy government buildings.
An Ethiopian teenager who says she was raped by seven men last August, now faces a possible sentence of death by stoning.
A report says state authorities have either turned a blind eye or colluded with perpetrators in the kidnapping and abuse of Eritrean refugees.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is deciding whether to veto a "backward" law that would restrict prosecutions for domestic and child abuse.
A Nairobi ivory bust – China’s first wildlife crime arrest – was part of a month-long, international anti-trafficking operation.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has commisioned reports from doctors to aid his decision on whether to sign anti-gay legislation into law.
Crime write Henning Mankell has revealed that he has cancer in an advanced stage. He intends to write a newspaper column about fighting it.