The continent is becoming hot stuff as traditional instruments take over dance floors across the world.
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al-Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant.
Gunmen have kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed a construction company in Nigeria’s Bauchi State, claim police.
All the evidence suggests that hit-and-run attacks will characterise the next phase of the insurgency.
Russia has revealed it is supplying guns to Mali’s government, while French troops have discovered a massive homemade bomb in Gao, north of Mali.
France has attacked a rebel hideout in Gao, north Mali’s largest city, intensifying a security lockdown against guerrilla attacks.
Malian troops shot at a suicide bomber who then blew up at a checkpoint at the northern city of Gao late on Saturday.
The UN has been considering sending peacekeepers to Mali following a proposal that said French forces killed hundreds of extremist Islamist rebels.
Peacekeepers have taken over as France tries to prevent revenge killings in Mali.
A stunning first-half display helped Nigeria book their place in the Afcon final by beating Mali 4-1 in the semifinal at Moses Mabhida Stadium.
There is no way in which you can ever deliver freedom to anyone only to restrict their expression of that freedom, writes Mpho Matheolane.
After having killed "several hundred" militants in fighting to reclaim north Mali, France says it will begin withdrawing its troops in the country.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has spoken out against the appointment of "mediocre" European coaches by African teams, ahead of his side’s tie with Mali.
The Africa Cup of Nations enters its semifinal stage in Durban with Nigeria and Mali set for an unexpected meeting in the east coast city.
In August 2012, a handful of heroes conspired to save Timbuktu’s prized manuscripts. The ingenious plan involved empty rice sacks, a boat and Bamako.
France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, says France wants African forces to assume security responsibility for the city of Timbuktu "very fast".
Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and centres and logistics centres in northeast Mali.
Timbuktu has been freed from its Islamist occupiers but now faces the daunting task of rebuilding an economy in shambles.
Goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune said Bafana Bafana failed to kill off Mali when they were dominant in Saturday night’s Nations Cup quarterfinal in Durban.
French President Francois Hollande has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit to support French troops fighting in the Sahel nation.
South Africa will receive all the home support at thequarter-final against Mali while the international spotlight will be on tiny Cape Verde Islands.
If you missed our live Afcon 2013 video chat with ‘footie writer’ Carlos Amato, check out the highlights package with everything you need to know.
As French-led intervention exposes weakness in collective African leadership, summit has acknowledgeg the need for greater Ecowas presence.
The most difficult part of the conflict is yet to come for newly liberated Timbuktu: reconciliation and healing.
Concerns have been raised that the International Criminal Court probe into Mali war crimes is placing serious strain on an over-stretched body.
French troops have entered Kidal, the last major town in their lightning drive to drive out rebels from northern Mali, military officials have said.
Japan has said it would give $120-million in aid to the troubled Sahel region after ten Japanese nationals were killed in an Algerian hostage crisis.
Mali’s captain and his teammates have donated a portion of their Africa Cup of Nations bonuses to their government’s military campaign against rebels.
French and Malian troops have sealed off Timbuktu after fleeing rebels torched buildings including a South African-funded prized manuscript library.
The collapse of a peace deal for troubled eastern DRC and the question of military intervention in Mali has dominated the latest AU summit.
Efforts to end conflict across Africa, especially in Mali, dominated the African Union summit opening on Sunday.
Rebel groups have recruited young boys to fight the messy war in northern Mali, a conflict that now includes 2 500 well-armed French soldiers.