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

Several hundred well-paid foreign soldiers fighting on the side of the Congolese government surrender.

The rebels say they will not stop their offensive until they topple President Félix Tshisekedi.

The victim was a 32-year-old nurse who died from multi-organ failure, the health ministry says.

Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence in 2021 following the jailing of her father.

Rwanda and South Africa hope to host an African grand prix for the first time since 1993, but several expensive obstacles stand in their way.

The State Department says the freeze was the only way to evaluate aid programs and defended the pause.

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group.

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Where are rebels causing havoc in eastern DR Congo getting their funding?

Why there is growing scepticism in Kenya over a plan to vaccinate the national herd.

The draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is made in Morocco where defending champions Ivory Coast will be in the same group as Cameroon

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The DR Congo is planning to build a massive dam delivering power to millions of people - but it is not easy.

Michelle Lemuya Ikeny stars in Nawi, a film that depicts the reality of child marriage in rural Kenya.

"I was scared he had come to beat me or finish me off," a government critic tells the BBC about his ordeal.

African football's governing body says Swiss prosecutors will not bring legal charges against its secretary general Veron Mosengo-Omba.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is aiming to become the first female president of the International Olympic Committee.

Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, the second highest scorer in the Bundesliga this season, has agreed a contract until 2029.