Somali al-Shabab militants 'kill CIA agents'

Tanzanian gold miners trapped underground

The Gambia's President Adama Barrow arrives back home

Former interior minister of The Gambia arrested in Switzerland

Sudan opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi returns from exile

UK court blocks Nigeria oil pollution case against Shell

Nigerian literary icon Buchi Emecheta dies

Kenya striking doctors spared jail and given five days to end strike

Onlookers film a Gambian man drowning in Venice's Grand Canal

Afcon quarter final line-up includes Egypt and Ghana

Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Thursday 26 January 2017