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

The mayor of Somalia's capital once served as a Labour councillor in London.

Arsenal sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m.

Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.

The border closure comes after a second Ebola death in the densely populated city of Goma.

Myths and conflict are hampering efforts to stop the disease spreading through a mobile population.

Can the US compete with China's huge investments in the continent?

The IAAF says "biology has to trump gender identity" as it welcomes the decision to permit restrictions in testosterone levels of female runners.

A US congressional delegation has travelled to Ghana to mark 400 years since the first African slaves were transported to America

Nancy Pelosi says seeing where slaves were kept before going across the Atlantic has been transformative.

The destiny of the African Champions League is uncertain after the Court of Arbitration for Sport overrules the decision to replay the final.

Schools have been suspended indefinitely in Sudan after five were killed in protests on Monday.

The former US president made the comment in a 1971 phone call, newly-unearthed recordings reveal.

A Somali man held in a detention centre burns himself to death, leading to renewed criticism of EU and UN policy.

In rural Kenya, nomadic women can now get the maternal care they need - thanks to GPS.

The authorities suspend classes nationwide amid unrest over the killing of four student protesters.

The confirmation in the city of Goma raises fears the illness could spread.

Caster Semenya says she will not defend her World Championship title after another blow in her challenge to controversial rules.

The Mauritanian blogger spent five years in jail over a Facebook post about the Prophet Muhammad.

Super Falcons captain Desire Oparanozie demands Nigeria's women's team are paid the same as their male counterparts.