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Sophie Pétronin, one of four hostages released this week, alerted French officials to the killing.

The lifetime ban of former Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi is reduced to 15 years after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The nine killings provoked outrage, especially in the southern city of Port Harcourt, last year.

Experts did not know of Ben Enwonwu's Court of the Oba of Benin until it was offered for sale.

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