On Saturday, South African soldiers serving with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur stand to attention during a funeral for seven peacekeepers who were killed in an ambush in Darfur.
On Sunday, the current world record holder Saif Shaheen of Kenya jumps in the men's 3000m steeplechase during the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2008 at the Olympic stadium in Athens.
Also on Sunday, US singer Mary J. Blige performs with other international artists at the 3rd This Day Africa Rising festival in Lagos, Nigeria.
A Zimbabwean policeman stands guard in Harare a few moments President Mugabe arrives to open a "People's shop", where cheap food is sold, on Wednesday. Annual inflation is now 2.2m%.
On Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks past the Algerian national guard. Chancellor Merkel oversaw a deal to build one of the world's largest mosques in Algiers.
On Friday, supporters of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who had genocide charges filed against him at the ICC, raise a banner with his picture and Arabic slogan reading: "They will not reach you".
Former South African President Nelson Mandela at his rural home in Qunu, south-eastern South Africa, for his 90th birthday celebrations. For more on the week's news, listen to BBC Weekend Network Africa.
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