Africa in pictures: 15-21 November

On Monday, in the Cameroonian town of Garoua - which lies on the Benue River - a fisherman reclines on a hippopotamus called Africa, who he has been taming for the last 16 years.

A Somali boy carries a fish caught from the sea off the capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday.

Three days later, eight Somali pirates sit at a police station in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, where they are to face trial after being handed over by the British navy.

On Wednesday, thousands protest in Rwanda at the extradition of presidential aide Rose Kabuye from Germany to France as part of a probe into the killing of a former Rwandan president.

On Monday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez examines a painting celebrating Algeria's independence on her tour of the North African country.

Two days later, an Ivory Coast supporter watches a friendly international match against Israel outside Tel Aviv. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

The next day, a man suffering from cholera in the Zimbabwean capital is taken in a cart to a nearby clinic. The US ambassador to Zimbabwe says 294 people have died so far in the outbreak.

On the same day, a displaced woman and her child wait to receive medical treatment at a clinic run by aid charity Merlin in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...

... on Sunday, north of Goma, Congolese women pray during an evening service at a Roman Catholic Church in Kiwanja, now held by rebels loyal to General Laurent Nkunda.

... a Congolese army soldier plays with a football in the town of Kayna on Tuesday after a fierce battle with the local Mai-Mai militia, who usually side with the national army.

Two days later, Miss World contestants, in South Africa for Fifa's Confederations Cup draw on Saturday, pose at a stadium with former South African football player Lucas Radebe.

US rapper The Game in Kenya on Saturday at a concert for East Africa's MTV Africa Music Awards nominees. For more on the awards in Abuja this weekend tune into BBC Network Weekend Africa.

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