The top African news stories of the year
From the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya to topless Tunisians, let’s take a look at 20 of Africa’s biggest stories from 2013.
2013’s Top African Photos
20 of the best news photographs from around the continent in 2013.
A French soldier poses for the camera in Mali. In January France sent soldiers to its former colony, on invitation of the Malian government, to fight Islamist insurgents. The insurgents had hijacked a rebellion in the country’s north.A French soldier poses for the camera in Mali.
Top national news stories of 2013
We take a look at the biggest national news headlines of the year.
The funeral of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, who died on 5 December.
Latest images of the ceremony and commemorations
The service took place in Mr Mandela's ancestral home of Qunu, in the east of the country.
Around 4,500 people, including many foreign dignitaries, attended the ceremony, which took place inside a specially-erected white dome. Formal tributes from some of Mr Mandela's former friends and colleagues were mixed with traditional rituals, singing and dancing.
This picture shows current South African president Jacob Zuma at the service sitting between Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left, Nelson Mandela's former wife, and Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel.
Africa in photos: Anarchy, dancers and football
Soldiers of Kenya’s armed forces march in dress uniform during the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary in Nairobi.
African news: Sex, the plague and cannabis
Eritrea is accused of trafficking its own people, Tunisia jails a rapper again for insulting the police, plague strikes Madagascar, Ghana builds a giant telescope, how al-Shabaab lets people starve, Sudan backs Ethiopia’s dam plans and more news from the continent this week.
World leaders and public figures pay respects
World leaders and public figures from around the world descended on FNB Stadium just outside Johannesburg to pay their respects to South Africa's iconic anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela.
US President Barack Obama, pictured greeting Mandela's widow Graça Machel, spoke to the cheering crowds as he praised Madiba as a "giant of history".
"To the people of South Africa - people of every race and every walk of life - the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us", he said.
Click or swipe for more pictures of world leaders, family members and notable global figures at the Nelson Mandela memorial service.
On his ideals (1964 trial)
The most inspiring Nelson Mandela quotes that warmed the hearts of many, no doubt ensuring that his powerful legacy lives on.
'During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for. But, my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.'
The young Mandela - in pictures
Archive photos of the young anti-apartheid activist, prior to his 27 years of incarceration
It's all too easy to remember Nelson Mandela as a peaceable, smiling, grey-haired elder statesman who successfully united a divided nation. However, prior to his 27 years in prison, Mandela was a young, charismatic lawyer who was prominent in some of the ANC's most radical acts of defiance, and even co-founded the group's militant wing in the early 1960s, despite being in favour of peaceful protest for most of his lifetime.
How the world responded
Leaders and celebrities respond to the death of Nelson mandela.
When Nelson Mandela died on Thursday, we lost one of the most revered human rights leaders of our time. We look at how the world's leaders and celebrities reacted to his death
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