Africa’s week in pictures: 16-22 November 2018

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

Sadio Mane: Senegal forward agrees new long-term Liverpool deal

Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mane agrees terms on a new long-term deal which will keep him at Anfield until 2023.

Nigeria’s Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed: ‘We need to talk about Nigeria’s birth rate’

How can Nigeria's economy diversify to meet the challenges of extreme poverty in the West African nation?

Zimbabwe after Mugabe: ‘We have a certain level of freedom’

Political activist Vimbaishe Musvaburi says there is 'a level of freedom' in post-Mugabe Zimbabawe.

Samuel Chukwueze: Youngster says Nigerian debut fulfils a dream

Villarreal teenage winger Samuel Chukwueze describes his international debut for Nigeria as the completion of a "dream year."

Young South African boy stabbed to death in school toilet

The grade one pupil was attacked by a teenager thought to be his older sister's boyfriend.

Young South African boy stabbed to death in school toilet

The grade one pupil was attacked by a teenager thought to be his older sister's boyfriend.

Ethiopian’s Birtukan Mideksa appointed election boss

Birtukan Mideksa returned home from exile earlier this month and will oversee elections in May 2020.

Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa appointed election boss

A former judge and opposition leader is sworn in as the head of Ethiopia's electoral board.

South Africa’s coloured community complains of ethnic marginalisation

Many in South Africa's coloured (mixed-race) community complain of being marginalised for their ethnicity.