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A new hungry caterpillar is threatening African crops already badly hit by record droughts.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sudanese columnist Yousra Elbagir explains what it is like to live in a country subject to US sanctions.

How mobile technology is profoundly changing access to money in the developing world.

The silent deaths of 94 mentally ill patients in South Africa is symptomatic of their place in society, but their families want explanations, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani.

Why delays and chaos means air travel in Nigeria is often grounded.

Seventeen are killed in a stampede at a football stadium in northern Angola, local officials say.

A Tanzanian tourist guide is arrested for his 'fake translation' of a woman's innocent compliment.

Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is serving a 50-year sentence in the UK for crimes against humanity.

Up to 18 players who competed at the Nations Cup could be involved in the revamped Champions League this weekend.

The Confederation Cup kicks off this weekend with 21 of the 40 preliminary round clubs debuting in the competition.

The increase in copper prices in Zambia is not yet trickling down to communities.

Kenya's president appeals for international aid after declaring drought a national disaster.

Half of the world's rubies are mined in Mozambique but operations are not without their challenges.

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

Africa's first Google Code-in winner has left his hometown, because Cameroon has cut the internet there.

Two businesswomen in Nigeria describe what it's like to run their businesses in a country where 40% of women are entrepreneurs.

MPs of a radical opposition party brawl with security guards as they are ejected from parliament.

Punches are thrown as some South African MPs disrupt President Zuma's State of the Nation address.

Victorious Cameroon footballers ridicule a minister's bow when they meet president.

Ghana's new government counts its presidential fleet only to find more than 200 cars are unaccounted for.