Africa in pictures: 3-9 May

Children stand on a window sill in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday to watch a United Nations film aimed at persuading Rwandan rebels to disarm and return home.

The previous day, Somalis angrily demonstrate in the capital, Mogadishu, about rising prices and the refusal of traders to accept the old Somali shilling notes because of high inflation.

Nigerian footballer Obafemi Martins playing for Newcastle United is fouled by Chelsea player and fellow countrymen John Mikel Obi in an English Premier League match on Monday.

On Saturday, Ivorians in the annual Popo Carnival in Bonoua recreate a scene from colonial times, when the first French governor of Ivory Coast went on his travels.

On the same day, France's Secretary for Co-operation Alain Joyandet kisses a worker at a Senegalese farm which grows tomatoes destined for France.

An Egyptian woman on a bus looks out at policemen on the streets of the capital, Cairo, on Sunday as they stand watching anti-government demonstrators.

Soldiers fire a gun salute on Tuesday in Juba during the funeral for South Sudan's Defence Minister Dominic Diem Deng and his wife, who both died in a plane crash the week before.

Zimbabweans sell dried fish over the border in the Mozambican town of Manica, a popular destination for Zimbabwean traders. For more on Africa's week tune into BBC Weekend Network Africa.

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