BBC Africa

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.

Somalia has a new, apparently popular president. His main challenges include making federalism work, reducing corruption and improving security.

South Africans have had enough of broken promises and bad governance, reports the BBC's Andrew Harding from Port Elizabeth.

Thandiswa Mazwai on why South Africa’s rebel jazz music still matters today.

Three weeks after reports that Cameroon had blocked the internet in English-speaking regions, residents say services have yet to be restored. So what is going on?

A guide to the unique way Somalia is electing its new president – in 60 seconds.

Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen dies aged 45, six years after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

Concerns about the health of Nigeria's president increase as he extends his medical leave in the UK.

Egypt coach Hector Cuper is assured he has the full support of the country's football association after losing the Nations Cup final.

BBC Africa looks back at the tournament in Gabon, which finished with Cameroon as winners for the fifth time.

How Cameroon overcame setbacks and distractions to win the Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos reveals he felt his squad were "becoming a family" on their way to winning the Nations Cup.

Scientists say a pest that destroys maize is spreading rapidly across Africa and could reach Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years.