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A state security building in Cairo is hit by a car bomb, injuring dozens of people in an attack claimed by Islamic State.

UK Home Secretary Theresa May arrives in Calais where she is to sign a deal with the French government to tackle the migrant crisis.

Renowned Senegalese drummer Doudou Ndiaye Rose, declared a "living human treasure" by the UN, has died, his family announces.

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu is to spend the next two weeks in hospital, according to a family statement.

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is being sworn in as president for a controversial third term, despite months of protests.

Black Twitter users posted selfies under the hashtag #FlexinMyComplexion ... but they ran into some opposition online.

Oumar Seye is hoping to make Senegal a hotspot for surfing.

South Sudan's president has promised to sign a peace deal he snubbed earlier this week, the US State Department says.

Gunmen on a motorcycle kill a Tunisian police officer in the beach resort of Sousse, where 38 people were shot dead in June.

UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic face new allegations of sexually abusing three young females, one of them a minor.