BBC Africa

Sam Jalloh saw his best friend killed in front of him. He vowed to get away - and tennis was his way out.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

South Africa's record-breaking skateboarder Jean-Marc Johannes on what putting his sport into the Olympics will mean for the continent.

Wadih Jalasi became known as "cage man" during the Arab Spring, after a photo of him went viral.

On the anniversary of the Arab Spring, the BBC looks at defining moments of the movement.

Ethiopian doctors tell the BBC about their efforts to treat wounded civilians during fighting last month.

Photographer Elena Heatherwick captures the stories behind them in villages in Rwanda and Madagascar.

How and and when are African countries likely to get access to Covid-19 vaccines?

Concerns grow for people's safety in Sudan's war-torn Darfur as peacekeepers prepare to leave.

Abdulhadi avoided the mass kidnapping in Nigeria's Katsina school but his twin brother Mustapha was lost in the chaos.

A student who escaped after gunmen raided an all-boys school in Nigeria speaks to the BBC.

The catwalk in Dakar has been moved into a baobab forest due to Covid-19 restrictions.

More than 17 million Ghanaians were eligible to vote in Monday's poll to elect a new president and parliament.

Reporter Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani writes about his experience of secretly filming inside Sudan's Islamic boarding schools to expose abuse, and reveals why the investigation was so personal to him.

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie sets a new world record for the half marathon - in a race where the top four finishers all beat the previous record.

South Africa's farmers are fighting ongoing locust swarms to preserve the country's food security.

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has found himself in a conflict less than a year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

"It is really scary. It is really difficult," a resident of the Tigray capital, Mekelle, shouts down the line.

The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots.

As 300 UK troops arrive in Mali, the BBC's Frank Gardner looks at the role of Islamist militants across Africa.