Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's election and apartheid's end, South Africans reflect on democracy.
BBC websites and radio are blocked for two weeks over a Human Rights Watch report on alleged mass killings.
South Africa's former president hits out at corruption within the governing party.
Five migrants, including a child, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.
The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
The prime minister warns that El Niño-triggered heavy rains are likely to continue into May.
A Moroccan club is awarded the win after their kit was confiscated by Algerian customs officials.
East Africa is being pounded by unusually heavy rains linked to a combination of global weather events.
Photos of the three naked tourists have gone viral in Namibia, angering the authorities.
A manhunt is launched after more than 100 inmates escape the colonial-era facility near Abuja.
Soldiers accused residents of aiding Islamist fighters before shooting at them, an investigation shows.
The UN says that at least 32 people have died and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes.
Officials say those aboard were returning home to Ethiopia from Yemen and some are still missing.
Andrew Kamanga is arrested and charged with money laundering offences.
It follows allegations of evictions and other rights abuses during the expansion of a national park.
The consumer protection agency has summoned the owner in its investigation into racism allegations.
Abubakar Salim set up his own studio to tell a personal tale of grief inspired by his Kenyan heritage.
How the country's former president is thwarting attempts to bar him from contesting the polls.
Parliamentary stand-off ends, opening the way for asylum seekers to be sent to the African country.
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