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

Mums can donate their breast milk to a new milk bank in Kenya in a bid to reduce infant deaths.

Everton confirm the signing of forward Alex Iwobi from Arsenal in a deal worth up to £34m.

Watford complete the club record signing of Senegal winger Ismaila Sarr from Rennes.

Police accuse the soldiers of releasing a suspected kidnap kingpin's handcuffs after opening fire.

Nicolas Dupuis admits that he is not sure about his future as coach of Madagascar after his contract ended on 31 July.

Cameroonian doctor Richard Mouzoko was shot dead in one of DR Congo's worst-hit cities in April.

Betty Bigombe led peace talks in Uganda with Joseph Kony, leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army.

In Ghana, bodybuilders not wanting to pay gym fees have found an alternative way to pump iron.

Tunisian club Esperance are declared African Champions League winners after Wydad are found guilty of abandoning the second leg of the final.

Stoke City release striker Saido Berahino, two and a half years after paying £12m for him.

Female MPs walk out of parliament in sympathy with the mother of a five-month-old baby.

Female MPs in Kenyan parliament walk out after an MP is told to leave because she had taken her baby.

Florent Ibenge stands down as coach of the DR Congo national team after five years in charge of the Leopards.

A tech inventor teams up with scientists to extract ancient Egyptian yeast and bake bread with it.

He insists he was just moving from one location to another during the filming of his music video.

Concerns over medicine Riyad Mahrez took while on duty with Algeria is a "problem for Manchester City", says the Algerian Football Federation.

The UN launches a fresh appeal, saying drought and economic turmoil have left many facing starvation.

Cambridge University student Alana Cutland, 19, fell from a light aircraft on 25 July.

Nigeria has allowed the detained leader of the IMN to travel abroad for medical care.