Africa’s week in pictures: 5-11 March 2021

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

Running from terror in north-east Mozambique

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A militant Islamist insurgency in north-east Mozambique has forced half a million people to flee for fear of beheadings and abductions.

Being gay in Ghana: LGBT community is ‘under attack’

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Since the country’s first LGBT safe space was closed down by police, queer Ghanaians are "not safe".

Being gay in Ghana: LGBT community is ‘under attack’

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Since the country’s first LGBT safe space was closed down by police, queer Ghanaians are "not safe".

Hamed Bakayoko: Ivory Coast’s PM dies in Germany

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Hamed Bakayoko died of cancer, the authorities say, days after his 56th birthday.

John Magufuli: Questions raised over missing Tanzania leader

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John Magufuli has not been seen in public for 11 days amid claims he is ill with coronavirus.

Tanzanian President Magufuli ‘in Kenyan hospital with Covid’

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The president has coronavirus and has had a cardiac arrest, an opposition leader tells the BBC.

Bata blast: Satellite images show Equatorial Guinea destruction

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Explosions at a munitions depot in the main city Bata led to more than 100 deaths.

Senegal protests: What you need to know about Ousmane Sonko and his arrest

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Who is Ousmane Sonko, why was he arrested and why are people protesting in Senegal?

Uganda’s missing: Hundreds of families fear for those taken away

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The harrowing tales from Uganda from the families of those who have been detained after a series of raids.