Gen Francis Ogolla was in the west of the country when his helicopter went down killing .

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

   The year old chess master hopes raise m for charity by playing for consecutive hours.

   The train rammed into a lorry parked along the Tema Mpakadan railway line, damaging its cabin area.

   The top three finishers of the Beijing half marathon are stripped of their medals after an investigation into the controversial result.

   The Islamist group Boko Haram seized girls from a school in Chibok in

   Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is targeting the new malaria vaccines as African countries start their rollout.

   The junta has accused three diplomats of subversive activities , which France has denied.

   Sprinter Christine Mboma says an enforced hiatus impacted her mental health but she did not lose hope of a return.

   Extreme heat linked to the deaths of hundreds of people would not have happened without global warming.

   Patients have been left without access to crucial services at state hospitals for a month.

   Zeinab Mohammed Salih reflects on what has happened to Sudan since fighting broke out a year ago.

   Most of the Chibok girls abducted years ago in Nigeria are now free but some feel badly let down.

   Millions have fled Sudan’s year long civil war and hunger is now leading to the deaths of many children.

   Muaziza Ambaraje is one of the few people to escape alive after a boat sank off the coast of Mozambique.

   Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.

   The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.

   Russ Cook, nicknamed Hardest Geezer , has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.

   The BBC’s Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to survivors of the Rwanda genocide violence years after she fled.

   Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar.