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Joy, fashion fluff and chocolate stuff: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Chagossians criticise lack of say in UK deal to hand over islands
Chagossians claim they were repeatedly refused the chance to take part in negotiations behind the historic deal.
‘A humanitarian at his core’
DR Congo-born Dikembe Mutombo has been hailed for his humanitarian work across Africa following his death aged 58 from brain cancer.
At least 78 die as ferry capsizes on DR Congo lake
A video circulating online shows the boat tilting to one side and then sinking just before it arrived.
The brothers breaking freestyle football world records
Meet Victor and Confidence Kipo, the young Nigerian siblings doing the trick when it comes to freestyle football.
Tanzania news sites banned over animation deemed critical of president
The viral animation referred to a recent wave of abductions and killings of opposition activists.
Tanzania news sites banned over animation deemed critical of president
The viral animation referred to a recent wave of abductions and killings of opposition activists.
South Sudan’s president sacks his powerful spy chief
Gen Akol Koor Kuc has been moved to become governor of Warrup State, where insecurity is rife.
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.
South African gospel legend Solly Moholo dies aged 65
The award-winning music icon fell ill while on a music tour in Botswana last month, his management says.