Africa in pictures: 25-31 March 2016

Men play a game of cards in Mbalala, Borno State northeast Nigeria on March 25, 2016. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from their dormitories at the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, drawing global attention to the Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria.

Men play cards in Borno, north-east Nigeria on Friday

A man dressed up as a Roman soldier hangs a sign on a cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday along a road near St. Leo"s Catholic church in Lagos

On Good Friday, Christians in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus...

A man dressed up as a soldier takes part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Lagos, Nigeria 25 March 2016

This man dresses up as a Roman soldier

Supporters sit on the roof of a house in Kaduna to watch the African Cup of Nations qualification match between Egypt and Nigeria, on 25 March 2016

Football fans sit on the roof of a house in Kaduna, Nigeria to watch the African Cup of Nations qualification match between Egypt and Nigeria...

Supporters attend the African Cup of Nations qualification match between Egypt and Nigeria, on 25 March in Kaduna

Others climbed up this scaffold to watch the game. But Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after being defeated by Egypt

Sudan's Muhannad El Tahir (top) celebrates with a teammate after scoring a goal during their Africa Cup of Nations group I qualification football match at the Al-Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman on 29 March 29

On Tuesday Sudan was in more jubilant mood. Muhannad El Tahir did a back flip after scoring in their draw against Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers

Spectators look on in 29 March 2016

The BBC's Abdinoor Aden took this picture of Kenyan fans during the Africa Cup of Nations match between Guinea Bissau and Kenya. Police used tear gas after a riot broke out in the 81st minute when the referee ruled a controversial goal had crossed the line - giving Guinea Bissau a 1-0 victory

A man gestures with a piece of bread during a protest, to demand the government to offer unemployed graduates jobs, in front of the parliament headquarters in Cairo, 27 March 2016, where Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail was speaking.

On Sunday a piece of daily bread replaces a banner at a protest demanding jobs for graduates in Egypt's capital Cairo

French President Francois Hollande greets the President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, as she arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 30 March 2016

On Wednesday the Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is sheltered from the rain when she visits her French counterpart President Francois Hollande in Paris

Tobacco farmer Godfrey Chirau holds a sample of his crop during the opening of the Tobacco selling season in Harare 30 March 2016

Tobacco farmers converge at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, on Wednesday to mark the opening of the tobacco selling season. Tobacco is the country's biggest export

Young boys dive into the sea from a boat, on March 25, 2016 in Tadjoura, north central Djibouti.

And relax... it's playtime off the coast of Tajoura in Dijbouti on Friday

Sylvester the lion in a stretcher on 31 March 2016

On Thursday, a lion called Sylvester that escaped from Karoo National Park in South Africa was tracked down and tranquilised

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