Police in Brazil uses tear gas and smoke grenades to break up clashes outside stadium built for the 2014 World Cup while other venues are still unfinished.

China's President Xi Jinping seals a string of deals and promises to boost ties further as he ends a week-long trip to Africa in the Republic of Congo.

Some 300 deaths at a Brazilian hospital are being studied for possible links to a doctor already charged with seven murders.

North Korea says it is entering a "state of war" with South Korea, in its latest escalation of rhetoric against its southern neighbour and the US.

Kenya's Supreme Court will say whether it will uphold or overturn the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president, after a challenge from rival Raila Odinga.

Pope Francis leads services to mark Good Friday as part of the Easter triduum, the Roman Catholic Church's most important festival.

At least 17 people are killed after a multi-storey building collapses in the main Tanzanian city, Dar es Salaam, local officials say.

A Republican Alaska congressman apologises for using an anti-Hispanic slur in an interview with a local radio station.