Africa in pictures: 1-7 April

Senegalese students dance during official celebrations on Tuesday to mark the 46th anniversary of the country's independence...

... Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attended Senegal's festivities and some of his soldiers participated in the independence parade.

One of some 40 African migrants intercepted by Spanish police off the Canary Islands on Tuesday rests in a tent. Hundreds have died attempting the journey to reach Spain.

There was alarm on Thursday in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after it was thought a plane had crashed. It turned out to be a practice drill for the emergency services.

Earlier in the week, dead ibis birds were found floating by the shore of Kenya's Lake Naivasha. Polythene bags were used to touch the birds as there were no protective gloves.

An amputee from Sierra Leone's civil war mends clothes near the capital, Freetown, where ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty to war crimes on Monday.

On Wednesday, during a tour of South Africa, US musician Quincy Jones visits a transition home for babies orphaned or abandoned as a result of Aids.

In the US, Sudanese ex-slave Simon Deng marks the end of his 300 mile Sudan Freedom Walk with Senator Hilary Clinton. For more on Africa's week listen to Network Weekend Africa.

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