Africa’s week in pictures: 28 August-3 September 2020

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

Coronavirus in Africa: Could poverty explain mystery of low death rate?

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Experts are reaching towards a startling hypothesis about the continent's low infection and death rates.

Coronavirus in Africa: Could poverty explain mystery of low death rate?

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Experts are reaching towards a startling hypothesis about the continent's low infection and death rates.

Nile dam row: US cuts aid to Ethiopia

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Ethiopia has begun filling the mega dam before reaching an agreement with Sudan and Egypt.

Autopsy ordered for former Nigeria U20 goalkeeper

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Former Nigeria Under-20 goalkeeper John Felagha has been confirmed to have collapsed and died in his room at the camp of Aspire Football Dreams in Senegal.

US sanctions Gambia’s ICC chief prosecutor

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The chief prosecutor at the Hague-based ICC, Fatou Bensouda, is among those sanctioned.

Coronavirus in South Africa: Misuse of Covid-19 funds ‘frightening’

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South African authorities paid five times the recommended price for PPE, the auditor general finds.

Ugandan gorillas in Bwindi park have ‘baby boom’

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Five baby gorillas are born in six weeks in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Precious Orji on turning talent into Paralympic gold for Nigeria

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Nigeria's Precious Orji on turning her powerlifting talent into Paralympic gold and her struggles as she aims to retain her title.

The Nigerian drummer who set the beat for US civil rights

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Babatunde Olatunji was part of a generation of Africans who fought for racial justice in the US.