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Latest PostPosers, pugilists and pussycats: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
Read moreKenya orders flood evacuations as it warns dams could spill
Residents near 178 bodies of water have been told to leave as flooding is set to worsen.
Read moreCas to hear Algerian appeal in Morocco map row
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear an appeal about a map of Morocco on a football shirt which has angered Algerians.
Read moreNigerian paints nails for three days in world record bid
By Nkechi Ogbonna
BBC News, Lagos
The 19-year-old technician says she painted 4,000 nails in an attempt to break the world record.
Read more'We are still engaged with West African juntas' - US
By Aaron Akinyemi & Chris Ewokor
BBC News, London & Abuja
The US has withdrawn troops from Niger and Chad in the past week, as the regional influence of Russia grows.
Read more'African countries can choose whom to partner up with'
US General Michael Langley, says that islamist extremism, transnational crime and climate change continue to be destabilising factors in Africa.
Kenya appoints first woman air force head
Maj Gen Fatuma Ahmed becomes the first woman to lead any of Kenya's military services.
Read more‘What do I do now that my sons have been swept away?’
Missing South Africa girl: Our children are scared
By Mohammed Allie
BBC News, Saldhana Bay
Joshlin Smith has still not been found after going missing from a South African town in February.
Read moreCivil servants in court challenge over Rwanda law
By Dominic Casciani
Home and legal correspondent
The government argues the act, passed last week, does not breach the law or the civil service code.
Read moreUniversity helps develop batteries for Africa
By Rachel Russell
BBC News
The batteries can provide power for appliances used for cooking, fridges and charging mobile phones.
Read moreSunak rules out asylum seeker returns from Ireland
By Chas Geiger
BBC politics reporter
The Irish government can not "cherry-pick" its promises about the border with Northern Ireland, the PM warns.
Read moreGhana celebrates as looted artefacts put on display
By Favour Nunoo & Thomas Naadi
BBC News, Kumasi
Some of the royal artefacts were stolen by British colonisers during the 19th Century Anglo-Ashanti war.
Read moreKey mining town seized - DR Congo rebels
Rubaya is DR Congo's main coltan producer, used to make batteries for electric vehicles and phones.
Read moreFloods maroon tourists in Kenya's Maasai Mara
By Wycliffe Muia
BBC News, Nairobi
Helicopters are deployed to evacuate tourists and staff trapped in the famous game reserve.
Read moreFailed asylum seeker given £3,000 to go to Rwanda
By Paul Seddon
Politics reporter, BBC News
The asylum seeker went to the east Africa country under a scheme separate to the forced returns scheme.
Read moreWaking to a 'different world' after Kenya's flood
By Barbara Plett Usher & Ian Wafula
BBC News, Mai Mahiu
Survivors desperately search for loved ones as the president announces a large-scale evacuation.
Read moreNigeria raises civil servants' pay by up to 35%
By Wycliffe Muia
BBC News
Nigeria raises salaries for government workers to help them cope with the cost-of-living crisis.
Read moreFourth man arrested in Channel deaths investigation
By Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News
Five migrants, including a child, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.
Read moreCourt issues warrant for ex-Central African Republic president
Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service
A UN-sponsored court in the Central African Republic says it has issued an arrest warrant for the former president, Francois Bozizé, in connection with alleged crimes against humanity.
The court said the warrant was for atrocities committed by military personnel under Mr Bozizé's command between 2009 and 2013.
He was overthrown more than a decade ago and lives in exile in Guinea-Bissau, but is the head of the main rebel group fighting in the Central African Republic.
Last year, Mr Bozizé was sentenced in absentia to forced labour for life for conspiracy and rebellion.