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

Crisis is unfolding in northern Ethiopia - driven by drought, crop failure and insecurity following war.

Ireland reduce Zimbabwe from 121-1 to 210 all out to finish day one of the first Test match in Belfast in a strong position.

African heavyweight champion Adam Olaore is following a similar path to Anthony Joshua as he seeks to make history for Nigeria.

Emilio Nsue and the Equatoguinean Football Federation appeal Fifa's ruling that the player has never been eligible to represent the African nation.

Guntila Muleya had only been the head of the Independent Broadcasting Authority for three months.

Former Arsenal winger Nicolas Pepe says Gunners fans judged his transfer fee rather than his performances for the club.

Tech stocks lead declines as investors reconsider rally fuelled by artificial intelligence.

Why tourists who flock to see the country's beautiful landscapes will have to get a visa from next year.

The route from West Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands is one of the world's deadliest for migrants.

Crowd trouble forces the first football match of the Olympics to be delayed by almost two hours, with Morocco finally beating Argentina 2-1 in an empty stadium.

The scammers were posing as young women online to trick people into sending sexually explicit material.

As the rain continues there are concerns about the stability of the slope with 229 bodies found so far.

The opposition has been given key portfolios, as the president tries to quell anti-government protests.

African fencing champion Alexandra Ndolo is hoping to win a historic gold in Paris while inspiring in other ways too.

Nigeria and Zambia can win women's Olympic football medals for the first time, says Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.

Heavyweight Francis Ngannou is in talks to return to MMA for the first time in more than two years.

Protesters defied a ban to march on the country's parliament amid anger over corruption on Tuesday.

Police say the multi-million dollar lab was operating on an "industrial scale".

President Tinubu says cost-of-living protests planned for next week have 'sinister motives'.