Africa in pictures: 20-26 Jan

On Tuesday, a Tanzanian policeman stacks a rifle onto a huge pile of confiscated weapons...

... Before they are set on fire as part of a weapons amnesty.

On Sunday, French National Assembly President Jean-Louis Debre pays his respects after laying a wreath at the Martyrs' Memorial in Algiers.

Six foreigners are killed when their minibus crashes in Uganda on Monday, as they travel to Kenya after a Jehovah's Witness conference.

Beninese actor Djimon Hounsou (l) and his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio (r) celebrate Tuesday's UK opening of the film Blood Diamond, set during Sierra Leone's civil war.

Activists demanding that Europe take action against Sudan because of the violence in Darfur form a human chain around the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Sunday.

While in Kenya, anti-poverty activists march through Nairobi's Korogocho slum during the "Marathon for Basic Rights" as part of the World Social Forum on Thursday...

... On Tuesday gay and lesbian activists at the forum demand more rights. For more on Africa's week, tune into Weekend Network Africa.

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