Africa’s week in pictures: 12 – 18 May 2017

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

Guinea teenager allegedly held as sex slave in Australia

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The 17-year-old girl had arrived from West Africa after being offered work as a cleaner, police say.

After Boko Haram

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In April 2014 Islamist militants kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria.

John Keister takes over as Sierra Leone head coach

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Former international John Keister is the new head coach of Sierra Leone, the first local in six years to take charge.

Bidvest Wits eye Champions League glory

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African champions Sundowns relinquish their South African title to Bidvest Wits after a dramatic penultimate round of the season.

‘More than 3,000 escaped’ Makala jail in DR Congo

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The government says just 50 inmates got out but security sources say the real number is far higher.

Broos calls up seven uncapped players to his squad

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Cameroon coach Hugo Broos begins preparations for the Confederations Cup in Russia by calling up seven uncapped players.

Danny Boyle searching for South Africa’s township talent

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Filmmaker Danny Boyle travels to the townships of Johannesburg to search for talented dancers.

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: Schoolgirl ‘not one of 276’

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She was abducted from the same school in Chibok but is not one of the 276 girls taken in 2014.

Sudan’s Bashir asked to Saudi summit with Trump despite ICC charges

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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide, will attend summit with Donald Trump.