Young people take to the streets of Egypt's capital, Cairo, on Saturday evening to celebrate after a communal Iftar, the fast ...

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

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday.

North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.

In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

Read a selection of story and non-fiction books set in different countries in Africa and locate places on a map. Use a large outline map of the continent and ask pupils to add drawings or images ...