Africa in pictures: 5-11 January

Tuareg women wave the Algerian flag in the southern city of Tamanrasset on Monday, during President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's visit.

Cameroonian footballers warm up during a training session in Burkina Faso on Thursday, ahead of the African Nations Cup, which kicks off in neighbouring Ghana later this month.

As post-election violence eases, Kenyan runners return to training early on Friday morning in the town of Iten - at an altitude of 2,400m.

The previous day, a Kenyan girl plays with friends at the Nairobi Trade Fair grounds, where people displaced by the unrest have gathered to register with officials.

Over the weekend, South Africa's newly elected ruling party leader, Jacob Zuma, dances at his wedding to his fourth wife.

On Wednesday, Zambia's ex-Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo arrives in Rome with his wife, for the first time since his 2006 ex-communication.

On Sunday, Egyptian Coptic priests pray during the Christmas mass at the Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the capital, Cairo.

Ivory Coast's president greets local chiefs in Assikoi in the south of the country on Wednesday. For more on Africa's week tune into BBC Weekend Network Africa.

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