The winger, who was the only black player in the South Africa side that won the momentous World Cup in 1995, died suddenly of a suspected heart attack at the age of 49 on 6 September.

Twelve people have been arrested after fans of an Ivorian musician stormed the cemetery where he was buried and allegedly opened his coffin. DJ Arafat, 33, whose real name was Ange Didier Huon, died in a motorcycle accident last month.…

Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani has announced a three-year freeze in hiring civil servants as a way of reducing the country's wage bill, The Star newspaper reports. Mr Yatani, who took office in June after his predecessor was…

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh The price of mobile phone calls and data has sharply risen in Liberia. According to the two mobile phone companies operating in the country, the hike was ordered by the government’s telecoms agency over the…

The official start of the school year in Cameroon has been disrupted in the English-speaking North-West and South-West regions, authorities say. They told the BBC that suspected separatists were trying to scare students and teachers from…