Over 1.5m people in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, have run out their staple food maize, which they grind to prepare their meals.

The world famous tennis champions are touring Africa. They hope to inspire young girls and emphasise the role of women in African development.

Girl power, coronations and knotted trunks this week

A significant increase in salaries for Ghana's president, his ministers and other top officials is criticised by anti-corruption campaigners.

Gunmen end their occupation of Libya's parliament building after raising concerns with the prime minister over his new cabinet.

Uganda will withdraw its troops from international missions because of accusations it is arming Congolese rebels, its security minister says.

Dozens of young men have been shot dead in Nigeria by the military in Maiduguri, residents in the north-eastern city tell the BBC.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague rules that the former head of state of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, is fit to stand trial.

President Jacob Zuma says some legal issues are better resolved by traditional justice as a controversial bill on the topic comes before MPs.

The Zimbabwe Football Association bans four officials for match-fixing but former national coach Norman Mapeza waits to hear his fate.

Striking miners at two Anglogold Ashanti pits in South Africa agree to return to work as tensions across the country's mineral sector ease.

The Foreign Office raises its terror threat level for Egypt from "general" to "high" after reports of a foiled al-Qaeda plot to attack Western tourists.

Three Kenyans are charged with the murder of Venezuela's acting ambassador to Kenya, three months after the embassy's first secretary was charged.

Nigerian security forces have carried out widespread abuses in their campaign against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Amnesty International says.

After so many false starts, are Africa's fortunes finally changing?