BBC Africa

The revelation that a South African pastor has been spraying insecticide on his church members in a healing ritual has shocked many but he is not the only self-styled pastor in Africa to resort to highly questionable practices.

Nigeria thrash Kenya 4-0 to reach the semi-finals of the women's Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon along with Ghana who beat Mali 3-1.

At least 11 are killed and 16 others injured as a car bomb hits a busy market in Mogadishu.

Taps seize to flow as water shortage hits Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

Zimbabwe's capital is suffering from a major water shortage - and a generation has grown up never having taken a shower.

A group of vintage air rally pilots lands in Kenya after being freed from detention in Ethiopia.

Kenya's top political show Jeff Koinange Live is dropped after a rape comment is made about a guest.

There is evidence of massive corruption in Somalia's ongoing elections, the auditor general tells the BBC.

With the collapse in the international oil price, Nigeria is under pressure to broaden its economic activity.

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

A public exhibition of dirty underwear is trying to raise awareness of the huge, but often under-reported, problem of rape and sexual violence in South Africa.

A Congolese fashion designer is finding fame - making clothes out of paper.

The BBC looks at the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which is fighting to overthrow the Nigerian government and create an Islamic state in parts of West Africa.

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o for alleged tax crimes.

Archaeologists in Egypt unearth what they describe as a city that dates back more than 5,000 years.

A four-year-old girl who travelled alone to Italy will be reunited with her mother after a twist of fate.

Somalia is in the midst of a process to choose its new leaders even though the country remains too dangerous to hold a national poll.

During a year of anti-government protests throughout Ethiopia, its global diaspora has been deeply involved.

Tanzania's motorcycle taxis are often associated with deadly road accidents but one trainee doctor is adding a life-saving chapter to the bikers' story, writes Ross Velton.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims descend on Senegal's holy city of Touba for the annual Magal festival.