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Icon Grandmaster Flash leads the Bronx in 70s-style hip-hop jam
The audience swayed with their hands in the air as Flash threw it back to the jams of the early 1970s, which ushered in the genre that's profoundly impacted music as well as fashion, dance and the culture at large.
12 Ghanaians successfully complete 10,000km drive from Accra to London
he expedition involved an array of vehicles, including a Mercedez Benz G-Wagon, a Toyota Landcruisers (V8), Lexus RX 350, and a Ford F150 Raptor.
Niger’s military shuts down airspace as it warns of an imminent attack
Niger’s mutinous soldiers closed the country’s airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack, as the junta defied a deadline to restore the ousted president.
Tunisian brand turns sea plastic into green couture
This aims to recover the 7,000 tonnes of plastic waste each year that end up littering beaches on the Kerkennah Islands 20 kilometres (12 miles) off the port city of Sfax.
Jailed Senegal opposition leader admitted to hospital
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been on hunger strike since he was arrested after a two-year standoff with the government. Aides and one of his lawyers said he was admitted to a hospital emergency on Sunday in Dakar.
Sonko’s lawyer Juan Branco arrested by Senegalese police
Franco-Spanish lawyer Juan Branco representing Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko "is currently in the hands of the BIP, an elite police unit," says Senegal's Interior Minister Antoine Abdoulaye Félix Diome.
Morocco minibus plunge kills 24
Accidents are frequent on the roads of Morocco and other North African countries, which see thousands of road deaths annually
Close to 30,000 Niger coup supporters gather in Niamey
The stadium, named after Seyni Kountche, who led Niger's first coup d'etat in 1974, was almost full and the atmosphere was festive
Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off Italian coast
Dozens of people are missing after two flimsy boats carrying them from North Africa to Lampedusa sank in bad weather
Scientist discover bacteria which could help tackle malaria
Researchers at a laboratory in Spain have discovered a strain of bacteria which when carried by mosquitoes cuts their ability to transmit malaria