BBC Africa

Countries across the continent have had blocks on social media and websites.

Nokubonga Qampi killed one of three men raping her daughter and wounded two. When she was charged with murder there was a public outcry.

In Malawi, doctors say resistance to antibiotics is making their work increasingly difficult.

Amid a court case about discrimination on the basis of a hairstyle, what's the state of Kenyan hair?

Two weeks on from Cyclone Idai, BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports on the on-going problems in Mozambique.

BBC Monitoring profiles some possible successors to Algeria's president, including his own brother.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut a year ago.

Residents in a rural South African community get cheap online access from a network they own and run.

How Asmara in Eritrea unintentionally became a cycling paradise.

A Kenyan writer wanted to conceal a damp patch in his house - and ended up creating a work of art.

The BBC investigates illegal and unsustainable fishing off the west coast of Africa to find out how one of the most fertile ecosystems on earth has been pushed to the brink.

The men who watch over the Atlantic Ocean, saving the lives of the swimmers of Nigeria's main city.

In a country so used to government corruption, have ordinary Kenyans totally lost hope?

Journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about an influential ruler's bid to promote farming.

The speaker of Zimbabwe's parliament wants MPs to get an education to ensure a better level of debate.

The UK is one of the main export destinations for Kenyan cut flowers.

Violent attacks are making treating the worst Ebola outbreak in the history of the DR of Congo even harder.

Meet the seven-year-old Nigerian girl who wants to be become a boxing world champion.

A strike condemned as "criminal " by a government minister causes major disruption to flights.