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

Africa's top football sides discover their opponents in the qualifying draw for the 2025 Nations Cup with Nigeria handed a tricky group.

Twenty-five soldiers are sentenced for fleeing battles against the notorious M23 rebel group.

The rise of Gayton McKenzie from a former bank robber to a politician in the new unity government.

The rise of Gayton McKenzie from a former bank robber to a politician in the new unity government.

Ireland winger Calvin Nash praises South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus prior to the Six Nations champions beginning a two-Test series against the World Cup winners on Saturday.

How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.

How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.

The deal for Somaliland to lease some coastline to Ethiopia triggered a storm - now Turkey is mediating.

The deal for Somaliland to lease some coastline to Ethiopia triggered a storm - now Turkey is mediating.

A primary school in Chad is providing an opportunity for thousands of Sudanese refugees to resume learning.

Some inhalers in Nigeria have doubled or tripled in price since last year, leaving many struggling.

Lucius Banda, who has died aged 53, became known as the "soldier" for the voiceless.

Eritrea's Biniam Girmay makes history as the first black African to win a Tour de France stage.

After the heartbreak of losing the past two Wimbledon finals, could 2024 be third time lucky for Tunisian star Ons Jabeur?

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the most ideologically diverse government in South Africa's history.

After suffering yet more World Cup agony in their dramatic T20 final defeat by India, how does South African cricket move on?

Brahim Saadoun was studying in Ukraine when the Russians invaded in February 2022.

Eritreans tell the BBC their relatives are being detained incommunicado by Sudan's military.

Eritreans tell the BBC their relatives are being detained incommunicado by Sudan's military.