UN peacekeepers "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said.

Former Senegalese international Lamine Ndiaye is named as the new coach of African club champions TP Mazembe.

Seven Koranic teachers in Senegal are given suspended jail sentences for forcing their students to beg.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election.

The UN's secretary general urges Rwanda not to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan over a leaked report saying its troops may have committed genocide.