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It's back to business in Mali's northern town of Gao, after a year under Sharia law. Meanwhile, the region of Kidal is still at the heart of the fighting. Islamist rebels are reportedly hiding out in remote caves in the Ifoghas mountains. Finally, the Africa Cup of Nations football competition heads towards its zenith as Nigeria face Burkina Faso in the latter's first final ever.
Nearly 30 abducted Nigerian college students arrive at the Kaduna State police headquarters after being freed, two months after heavily armed gunmen kidnapped them in the north of the country. The abduction of the students from a college of forestry mechanization in Kaduna state in March was one of a series of mass kidnappings to hit schools and universities in Nigeria since late last year. IMAGES
People are relocated after Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State militant group captured a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state after overnight clashes with troops. IMAGES
A motorcade leaves Bamako airport after Mali announced the release of an elderly French aid worker, two Italian captives and a top Malian politician, who were all believed to have been held by jihadists. People are seen gathering around a car as it drives by, followed later by a vehicle with a French flag. IMAGES
Boko Haram jihadists killed 20 civilians in an attack Sunday on a village in restive northeastern Nigeria as inhabitants prepared to break their Ramadan fast, residents and local security personnel say. IMAGES
Released Saturday after more than three years of captivity by the jihadist group Boko Haram, the 82 Nigerian high school girls from Chibok meet with the Minister of Health in Abuja. IMAGES