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

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

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

How will Mohamed Salah slot into the new Liverpool regime? BBC Sport Africa looks at this and four other key questions on the eve of the new campaign.

The prosecutors say they have insufficient evidence to charge the men and they will be sent back home.

Tottenham suspend Yves Bissouma for the game at Leicester City on Monday after footage appeared to show the midfielder inhaling laughing gas.

The statues were widely ridiculed and described as "shameless" and a poorly done "joke".

The statues were widely ridiculed and described as "embarrassing" and a poorly done "joke".

Israel Adesanya says the UFC "can't erase Francis Ngannou's legacy" after it appeared to distance itself from the former heavyweight champion.

Israel Adesanya says the UFC "can't erase Francis Ngannou's legacy" after it appeared to distance itself from the former heavyweight champion.

Nineteen years and 10 miles separated Zambia's football team from a lost, golden generation on a fateful night in Libreville.

Nineteen years and 10 miles separated Zambia's football team from a lost, golden generation on a fateful night in Libreville.

Nineteen years and 10 miles separated Zambia's football team from a lost, golden generation on a fateful night in Libreville.

Nineteen years and 10 miles separated Zambia's football team from a lost, golden generation on a fateful night in Libreville.

Mpox, which used to be called monkeypox, is declared a global public health emergency.

Scientists are alarmed at the high fatality rate and rapid spread of a new variant of the virus.

Chidinma Adetshina will get another shot at a crown following the controversy around her nationality.

Hopes for a ceasefire are dashed as the army and the Rapid Support Forces stay away from negotiations.

Hopes for a ceasefire are dashed as the army and the Rapid Support Forces stay away from negotiations.

The request has raised eyebrows as citizens ask why their taxes aren't being used to reward the Olympians.