Africa’s week in pictures: 26 July – 1 August 2019

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

Nicolas Pepe: Arsenal sign Lille winger for club record fee

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Arsenal sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m.

Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mogadishu mayor, dies after suicide bombing

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The mayor had returned from the UK to help rebuild his country after years of war.

Kenya ‘should declare national disaster’ on cancer

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Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.

Kenyan survivors: Cancer is ‘national disaster’

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Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.

Ebola crisis: Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo amid outbreak

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The brief closure happened after a third death from Ebola was identified in the border city of Goma.

Ebola: One year on from Democratic Republic Congo outbreak

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Myths and conflict are hampering efforts to stop the disease spreading through a mobile population.

What are the US’s intentions in Africa?

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Can the US compete with China's huge investments in the continent?

Caster Semenya: Biology trumps gender identity, says IAAF

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The IAAF says "biology has to trump gender identity" as it welcomes the decision to permit restrictions in testosterone levels of female runners.

US slavery: Why is America marking the 400th anniversary?

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A US congressional delegation has travelled to Ghana to mark 400 years since the first African slaves were transported to America