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A selection of the best photos from across the continent this week.

South Africa government has introduced stringent measures to halt the spread of coronavirus.

It is hoped more militias will follow suit to allow people to get medical treatment amid the pandemic.

South Africa will go into a 21-day lockdown against the coronavirus at midnight on 26 March.

The gambling sector in East Africa is in a 'total mess' following the collapse of global sport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, says a Ugandan official.

BBC Africa Eye probes secret arms shipments into Libya, and shows how foreign powers are fuelling war.

How the measures against the coronavirus in Ghana are challenging the country's religious way of life.

Two Nigerian footballers - one a Super Eagles international - have been released after being kidnapped on Sunday.

An appeals court releases Rokia Traoré but says an extradition to Belgium can go ahead.

The militants launched a devastating attack on an island in Lake Chad, killing 92 soldiers.

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge reflects on the postponement of Tokyo 2020, and the delay to his dream of defending his title. He also has a message for all athletes.

The possibility of infection in great apes like gorillas warrants the utmost caution, say experts.

The world 10,000m champion says he supports the decision to postpone the Olympics to 2021.

Michelle Ntalami couldn't buy the products she wanted for her hair, so she set up a company to sell them.

The Cameroonian jazz legend dies in Paris aged 86 after catching coronavirus.

Olympic superstar Eliud Kipchoge talks about the works he is reading whilst in isolation to protect from coronavirus - including one with a rather ironic title.

The authorities suspect the dead are migrants from Ethiopia and that they died of asphyxiation.

Manu Dibango, the 86-year-old African jazz legend, dies in Paris after catching the coronavirus.

Olympic superstar Eliud Kipchoge visits his farm - on his own - as he trains in isolation

Security forces are trying to retake the town where militants raised their flag at an army base.