A Nigerian peacekeeper with the United Nations' mission in the Sudanese war-torn region of Darfur sips a cup of tea offered to him by nomads on Sunday.
Later in the week, a Sudanese African Union peacekeeper disembarks on the Comoran island of Moheli ahead of an expected attack on the neighbouring island of Anjouan.
A man prays inside a huge new mosque in Uganda's capital on the day of its official opening on Wednesday. Libya's leader Muammar al-Gaddafi financed much of its construction...
... before the opening of the mosque, started in the 1970s under former leader Idi Amin, Muslims attend a prayer service in Kampala to mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.
The day before, Nigerian Christian pilgrims holding Israeli flags attend a mass in Jerusalem's old city.
A Nigerian fisherman plunges into the muddy Argungu waters in northern Kebbi State to try and catch a fish during the area's famous fishing competition on Saturday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (r) congratulates Botswana's leader Festus Mogae after he was awarded the prestigious Legion D'Honneur on Thursday during his visit to Paris.
On Monday, South Africa's security forces take part in a training exercise to deal with hijackings as part of their preparations for the 2010 football World Cup.
A man in Zimbabwe, where this week US$1 was worth Z$52.5m on the black market, struggles to get a bulging wallet into his pocket on Tuesday...
... On the same day a woman in the capital, Harare, sells a chicken. For more on Africa's week and Zimbabwe's forthcoming election tune into BBC Network Weekend Africa.
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