Lesotho's prime minister returns home after fleeing the mountain kingdom to neighbouring South Africa on Saturday, alleging there had been a coup.
Somalia offers Islamists amnesty
Somalia's government offers an amnesty to fighters of Islamist group al-Shabab, amid uncertainty over whether its leader survived a US air strike.
Fire hits African Big Brother house
The launch of the new series of Africa's Big Brother is delayed by a "devastating" blaze at its purpose-built studios in Johannesburg.
Frenzy as Ebola patient recaptured01:48
Inside hospital welcoming maggots02:31
Corruption 'is a killer' - in 15 secs00:15
US targets al-Shabab leader - in 15 secs00:15
Libya militia take US embassy pool01:12
Ebola doctor dies in Sierra Leone02:20
China welcomes Zimbabwe's Mugabe02:07
Four shot Rwandan in SA - in 15 seconds00:15
Elizabeth Ohene
Will Ebola change Africa's customs and healthcare?
'Save the mine'
Alarm in Ghana town at gold mine's closure
Image conscious
Are Nigerians too touchy about how they are viewed?
Article written by Andrew Harding
Andrew Harding
Africa correspondent
9 August 2014
The defence and prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial have spent more time trying to discredit each other's arguments than putting forward accounts of their own, says the BBC's Andrew Harding.
Ebola crisis
Latest news, features and maps as West Africa battles world's worst outbreak of killer disease
Ghana striker Majeed Waris says Trabzonspor's challenge for trophies in Turkey and in Europe convinced him to join the club. BBC Sport
Nigeria risk a Fifa ban after Chris Giwa fails to step down as the country's football federation president by Monday's deadline. BBC Sport
Medicinal maggots
Would you like larvae to eat your infected flesh?
Ghetto Kids
YouTube dance video rescues Ugandan street kids
Wounded pride
Nigeria's campaign against Boko Haram goes from bad to worse
.jpg)
Jobbermen
The student entrepreneurs behind Nigeria's online jobs giant
Africa's cartoon school
Meet 10 young Africans hoping to take on Hollywood
'Liquid gold'
Could water help pull Lesotho out of poverty?
A Tonga proverb sent by Peter Mulekwa Gotola in Lusaka, Zambia“The one who walks alone by the stream can easily be swept away”
BBC Africa Debates
Discussing issues that matter to Africa to help inform global perceptions of the continent
Focus On Africa
All the latest news and analysis from across the continent
Newsday
The day's big stories live every weekday
Africa Today Podcast
Download and subscribe for free to get the day's top stories from the continent
Why weren't they protected?
Panorama investigates Rotherham's two decade long child grooming scandal
BBC © 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
Live: World Service for Africa
Baby Swampy in South Sudan
Life and death: Battling Ebola
Yoga in Sierra Leone
Your South Africa pictures
Mixing street art and calligraphy
Ugandan car pimping
Excavating past crimes
