Africa's week in pictures: 12 – 18 January 2018
Copperleaf2018-01-19T00:35:53+01:00A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. Source: BBC African news
January 2018
Surviving cancer in a country with no radiotherapy machine
Copperleaf2018-01-19T00:31:27+01:00Uganda's only machine broke in 2016, leaving hundreds of patients without adequate care. Source: BBC African news
Zambia on verge of CHAN quarter-finals
Copperleaf2018-01-18T23:44:57+01:00Zambia edged closer to the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship in Morocco when beating Ivory Coast 2-0 in Marrakech. Source: BBC African news
Zimbabwe opposition figure Roy Bennett dies in US helicopter crash
Copperleaf2018-01-18T23:39:36+01:00Roy Bennett, a farmer who became a thorn in the side of Robert Mugabe, is killed alongside his wife. Source: BBC African news
Court of Arbitration for Sport lifts five-year ban on US Ouakam
Copperleaf2018-01-18T18:29:53+01:00The Court of Arbitration for Sport lifts a five-year ban imposed on Senegalese side US Ouakam after crowd violence left at least eight people dead at last year's League Cup final. Source: BBC African news
Cedric Bakambu: Villarreal forward set for African record £65m deal
Copperleaf2018-01-17T20:15:11+01:00Villarreal's Cedric Bakambu is set to become the most expensive African footballer ever as Chinese club Beijing Guoan close on a £65m deal. Source: BBC African news
Nigeria gunmen kidnap two US and two Canadian citizens
Copperleaf2018-01-17T19:49:15+01:00The group was reportedly travelling in two separate vehicles to the capital of Abuja. Source: BBC African news
Moustached monkey is separate species
Copperleaf2018-01-17T14:34:17+01:00A monkey from Ethiopia and Sudan with a distinctive "handlebar moustache" has been identified as a distinct species. Source: BBC African news
Merera Gudina, Ethiopia opposition leader, freed
Copperleaf2018-01-17T11:56:15+01:00Merera Gudina is the first of more than 500 prisoners the government has said it will release. Source: BBC African news
Somali fisherwoman breaks boundaries in Mogadishu
Copperleaf2018-01-17T02:08:05+01:00Riyan Abukar Ali is determined to succeed as a fisherwoman in Somalia, in a trade dominated by men. Source: BBC African news
Memories and beauty captured in Africa
Copperleaf2018-01-17T01:33:51+01:00Memory is among the themes featuring at the African Biennale of Photography in Mali's capital. Source: BBC African news
CHAN 2018: Cameroon unlucky to lose as Angola and Burkina Faso draw
Copperleaf2018-01-16T23:27:01+01:00A controversial penalty gives Congo a win over Cameroon while Burkina Faso and Angola settle for a draw at the African Nations Championship. Source: BBC African news
Iheanacho scores first VAR goal in English football
Copperleaf2018-01-16T22:00:48+01:00Kelechi Iheanacho becomes the first player to score a goal awarded by a video referee in English football as Leicester beat Fleetwood. Source: BBC African news
Letter from Africa: Inside the gated communities of WhatsApp
Copperleaf2018-01-16T01:04:26+01:00Joseph Warungu peeps into WhatsApp groups to find out who the group administrators really are. Source: BBC African news
Seven migrants found dead off shore of Lanzarote
Copperleaf2018-01-15T20:20:03+01:00The men were of North African origin, police said, and survivors are getting medical treatment. Source: BBC African news
CHAN 2018: Libya open with 3-0 win over Equatorial Guinea
Copperleaf2018-01-15T18:39:54+01:00Former winners Libya open their 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign with a 3-0 win over Equatorial Guinea in Group C in Tangier. Source: BBC African news
Fifa lifts lid on fixed 2018 World Cup qualifying tie and banned referee
Copperleaf2018-01-15T15:44:54+01:00Fifa reveals that it banned Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life after he took decisions 'to make certain bets successful' during a 2018 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal. Source: BBC African news
Donald Trump denies being a racist after reported crude remark
Copperleaf2018-01-15T03:03:38+01:00The US president says he is the "least racist person", after the row over reported crude remarks. Source: BBC African news
Police use tear gas on protesters in Tunisia, reports say
Copperleaf2018-01-14T22:24:28+01:00A Reuters witness says police in Tunis fired tear gas to disperse an anti-austerity protest. Source: BBC African news
CHAN 2018: Namibia and Zambia win Group B openers
Copperleaf2018-01-14T18:51:17+01:00Debutants Namibia score in the final seconds of their Group B match to beat Ivory Coast 1-0 at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. Source: BBC African news