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Africa
Africa's week in pictures: 1-7 March 2024
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
Kuriga kidnap: More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted
More than 280 Nigerian school pupils have been abducted in the north-western town...
Ghana's LGBT terror: 'We live in fear of snitches'
Homophobia is not uncommon in Ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and...
Joslin Smith: South African police question four over missing...
Police in South Africa have taken in four people for questioning over the disappearance...
Mr Ibu - the man who made Africa laugh
Such was the comic genius of Nigerian actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu,...
Zimbabwe: US slaps fresh sanctions on President Mnangagwa...
The US has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption...
Joslin Smith: South African navy search for missing six-year-old...
South Africa's navy has joined the search for a six-year-old girl which has transfixed...
Ghana's finance ministry urges president not to sign anti-LGBTQ+...
Ghana's finance ministry has urged the president not to sign a controversial anti-LGBT...
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr - the tree-planting mayor of Sierra...
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has made a name for herself as a tree-planting mayor of a West...
How luxury African fashion has wowed Europe’s catwalks
Laduma Ngxokolo can pinpoint the exact moment he became a man - and how it inspired...
South Africa shooting: Johannesburg student killed by stray...
A university student has been killed and another seriously injured by stray bullets...
Escaping Sudan: 'My mother’s body was left by smugglers...
Desperate to escape Sudan's war, people have told the BBC how they have handed over...
NLC protests: Why Nigeria's economy is in such a mess
Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, leading...
Russia angers Guinea's junta after government dissolved
Guinea's military junta has protested to Russia's ambassador after his embassy reportedly...
Kelvin Kiptum burial: Widow of Kenya's marathon legend...
Kelvin Kiptum, the athlete who is being buried on Friday in a small village in western...