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In her regular column about African music, DJ Rita Ray delves into back-to-the future sounds from Sierra Leone, Congolese funeral trance and jazz and samples some Malawian-Naija Afropop.

A selection of the best photos from across African this week.

The recent killing of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani and two others has once again put the Kenyan police in the spotlight. The police have been accused of running death squads, a claim they deny. The BBC's Tomi Oladipo investigates the growing public mistrust of the police, especially among young men.

Foreign fishing vessels operate illegally off the coast of Guinea, depleting its fish population and destroying marine life. Despite the economic and social consequences of illegal fishing, the Guinean government has failed to police its waters because it doesn't have money to operate surveillance equipment, as the BBC's Tamasin Ford reports.

A look at a new scheme in Tunisia that aims to helps impoverished beekeepers produce more honey to help them boost their incomes.

Criscent Bwambale, six, sees for the first time after an operation to remove cataracts in Uganda.

In our series of letters from African journalists, media trainer Joseph Warungu takes a satirical look at why, in the aftermath of the UK referendum, Britain could now qualify for a place in the African Union.

New signing Souleymane Coulibaly hopes to star for Kilmarnock as he seeks an international call by Italy or Ivory Coast.

The French captain of a hijacked plane at the centre of a famed 1976 Israeli rescue operation says he saw a passenger killed by a hostage-taker.

The first rescued Chibok girl, who went on to meet Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, has not been seen by her relatives since telling of her ordeal at the hands of Boko Haram.

This lion's role on a farm in northern Russia will surprise you.

Watford captain Troy Deeney agrees a new five-year contract on the day the club sign forward Isaac Success from Granada for a record fee.

Professional South African footballer Sonwabise Dick tells the BBC how the sport can help girls growing up in poor townships.

Sierra Leone's former army chief, Major-General Nelson Williams, is kidnapped in Nigeria, reportedly while on his way to an event in Kaduna state.

The body of a Kenyan lawyer who was representing a client making a complaint against the police is found a week after he went missing.

Seven men are sentenced to 10 years for raping a schoolgirl in Chad, in a case with political overtones which sparked a wave of protests.

A number of start-ups in Kenya are relying solely on social media to get their businesses up and running.

A selection of the best photos from across African this week.

A Tunisian military doctor was killed in the Istanbul airport attacks, after travelling to Turkey to bring back his son who had joined the so-called Islamic State.

School arson attacks carried out by students appear to have become a trend in Kenya, which has left people speculating about the causes, but no-one seems to agree.