BBC Africa

Africa is the future and its young people have big plans for making it the greatest continent on earth, people across the continent tell the BBC.

Egypt's football association are to make a formal complaint to Fifa about the performance of referee Enrique Caceres in their World Cup defeat by Russia.

Tanzanian banned the rap song by MP Joseph Mbilinyi, also known as MC Sugu, for being "violent".

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's World Cup game between Belgium and Tunisia.

Three women are killed each day by their partners in South Africa.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

As farmers are offered new leases, BBC Rewind looks at the background to the issue.

Riek Machar has been a central figure in Sudanese and South Sudanese politics for around three decades.

Shirley Kordie's brother Joseph is a "perfect" stem cell match and is ready to donate.

Find out about the rebel commander who became the first president of Africa's newest country and has presided over its descent into civil war.

The multi-platinum selling artist announces his own cryptocurrency and city - both named after himself.

Only one of the 32 teams at the world's biggest football tournament has a black manager, reflecting a historical lack of opportunities for minority professionals in all levels of the game.

The postponed east and central African women's regional championship will now kick off on July 19 in Rwanda

As Zimbabwe heads towards election season, have Robert Mugabe's supporters really turned into democrats?

Daniel Mirera has been writing upside down since he was a child.

The BBC gains rare access to the world's youngest nation, torn apart by five years of civil war.

Cristiano Ronaldo continues his sensational start to the World Cup with the winner as Portugal knock out Morocco.

Aliou Cisse's touchline fist pump is receiving a lot of love.

A family portrait celebrating mixed heritage has been widely shared online and has prompted others to tell their similar stories.

Gangs wielding AK47s and explosives are targeting South Africa's cash-in-transit industry - with sometimes deadly results.