Africa’s week in pictures: 29 March – 4 April 2019

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Efe Obada: The NFL star abandoned on London’s streets at age of 10

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BBC Sport meets Efe Obada, the British NFL star who was abandoned on London's streets with his sister at the age of 10.

Libya crisis: General Haftar tells forces to take capital

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is in Tripoli, urges an end to the escalation.

Zimbabwe caning: Court bans ‘inhuman’ juvenile punishment

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Judges say judicial corporal punishment of those under the age of 18 is inhuman and degrading.

Footage of woman ‘beating nursery children’ goes viral in South Africa

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Reports say a teacher at a nursery near Johannesburg, South Africa, when the video was filmed.

Peter Odemwingie formally retires with ‘Nation’s Cup regret’

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Former Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie admits he regrets not being part of the Super Eagles 2013 Africa Cup of Nations triumph as he officially retires from football.

Belgium apology for mixed-race kidnappings in colonial era

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Some 20,000 children born to colonial settlers and African women were forcibly taken to Belgium.

Cameroon’s Gaelle Enganamouit leaves Malaga by mutual consent

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Cameroon's Gaelle Enganamouit leaves Spain's Malaga by mutual consent after just two months with the club.

Cameroon’s Gaelle Enganamouit leaves Malaga by mutual consent

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Cameroon's Gaelle Enganamouit leaves Spain's Malaga by mutual consent after just two months with the club.

Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter

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In just 100 days in 1994, some 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists - how did the genocide happen?