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This is thought be a response to an ICC probe into possible war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan.

Anne-Marie watched as her neighbour killed two of her children in the Rwandan genocide 25 years ago.

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

BBC Sport meets Efe Obada, the British NFL star who was abandoned on London's streets with his sister at the age of 10.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is in Tripoli, urges an end to the escalation.

Judges say judicial corporal punishment of those under the age of 18 is inhuman and degrading.

Reports say a teacher at a nursery near Johannesburg, South Africa, when the video was filmed.

Some 20,000 children born to colonial settlers and African women were forcibly taken to Belgium.

Former Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie admits he regrets not being part of the Super Eagles 2013 Africa Cup of Nations triumph as he officially retires from football.

Pilots "repeatedly" tried recommended procedures to prevent the crash of flight ET302, a preliminary report finds.

Cameroon's Gaelle Enganamouit leaves Spain's Malaga by mutual consent after just two months with the club.

In just 100 days in 1994, some 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists - how did the genocide happen?

After six weeks of protests, Abdelaziz Bouteflika quit the presidency this week.

Somali refugee JJ Roble is the first black, female, Muslim, hijab-wearing referee in the UK.

In a letter published by state media, the outgoing president admits he made mistakes.

Oumou Sangare was among stars honoured at the Aga Khan Music awards in Portugal.

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah "doesn't seem bothered" by his failure to score in the past eight games, says manager Jurgen Klopp.

Yaya Toure says Leonardo Bonucci's suggestion that Juventus team-mate Moise Kean was partly to blame for the racist abuse he received is "unbelievable".

Sara is born amid Cyclone Idai flooding, 20 years after a similar birth during floods in the country.

The captain of the Ghana's national women's side, Elizabeth Addo, says she is 'excited' about joining Chinese Super League team, Jiangsu Suning.