Pictures from Ethiopia's Orthodox Christian festival marking the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan are in this week's full set of photographs from around the continent:

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Umaru Fofana
BBC Africa, Banjul

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With talks still ongoing between Yahyah Jammeh and the visiting presidents of Guinea and Mauritania, I have been waiting at State House, the seat of the presidency. 

When it was time for Friday prayers and as there was no sign of progress I went to the Chairman Jammeh Mosque inside the grounds of State House. 

The soldiers were great. They welcomed me there and looked pleased to know I was a practising Muslim. 

Imam Alhaji Jallow was preaching about faith and following the right path. Interesting theme if you ask me, in view of the times. 

Midway through the sermon, we were asked to leave the four front rows. We shifted. 

As the sermon proceeded I was called outside the mosque. Confused, I asked why. No answers. My colleague and I were driven out of State House. Very respectfully I must say. 

As we left a member of the presidential guard whispered to me the obvious: Mr Jammeh and his guests would be coming to the mosque for prayers.

They were perhaps worried that I would get an insight into how talks were going if I remained.

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In a BBC interview, Alfred Davies, an MSF aid worker, relives the horror of this week's erroneous bombing by the Nigerian military of a camp for internally displaced people in Rann, in which at least 90 people - including women and children - were killed and many more wounded.  

In one place, he remembers, there were 20 people laying on the ground "in a very bad condition: bellies open, intestines on the floor... it was terrible. And these people were saying: 'Help me, doctor! Can you help me?'"

"Wounded people kept on coming," Mr Davies continues, adding that very soon "our tents were full".

Read the full interview on the BBC News website.

Nigerians are known for their love of fashion.

In the Lagos suburb of Ikeja, Adenike Ogunlesi is a seamstress-turned-entrepreneur who has found an exciting market for kids' clothing through her fashion label Ruff 'n' Tumble:

Patrick Kihara
BBC Monitoring, Nairobi

Eleven people have reportedly been killed in southeastern Nigeria during celebrations to mark the impending inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) organised an event, dubbed a solidarity rally, in the city of Port Harcourt. IPOB advocates for the formation of an independent state of Biafra in the country's southeast.

Unconfirmed reports from the Nigerian Naij.com news website say that 11 people were killed during the event as police and the army "shot unarmed Biafrans".

IPOB's English news website said "over a dozen" fatalities had been recorded at the rally and more than 100 arrests.

A photographs posted on an IPOB Twitter account showed a bloodied still body lying on a stretcher.

Several social media sources also published photos of participants bearing placards in support of the president-elect one of which read: "Trump you are our victory congratulations".

Other photos showed crowds waving the US, Israeli and Biafran flags.

IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu has been in prison since October 2015 when he was arrested charged with "criminal conspiracy, intimidation and membership of an illegal organisation". The case is yet to be resolved.

The separatist group has renamed its push for secession "Biafrexit" after the UK's Brexit vote to leave the European Union. Prince Emmanuel Kanu, Nnamdi's brother, has said Trump won their backing as he "supports the right to self-determination" advocated by IPOB.

The hashtag #MMMGone has been trending in Nigeria as investors into the MMM financial scheme are complaining they are not getting their payments.

The scheme promised to pay members 30% back on their investment in just 30 days.

But the Nigeria's financial regulator said it was a so-called Ponzi scheme.

That means money paid in by new members is used to pay back previous members. It doesn't generate any profit but relies on new members to keep going, which means that sooner or later it will collapse.

Here are some of the tweets:

And people, presumably who didn't lose money, are having fun with the saga too:

Read Stephanie Hegarty's analysis from December on the BBC News website

Dakar-based journalist Nicolas Haque says he has spoken to internationally-recognised President Adama Barrow who has told him that Yahya Jammeh should now leave the country.

Last week he told the BBC that there was no need for Mr Jammeh to go into exile and he would not be prosecuted by the incoming government over abuses he is accused of ordering during his 22-year rule.

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As we wait to see if Gambia's long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh will stand down, let's take a look at a country where it is very unusual for MPs to stay in their position for years and years.

In Ghana, people tend to move on quickly, as former MP Elizabeth Ohene did.

She says this is because people assume that the renumeration as an MP is great but the reality is very different.

"Being an MP means you wake up each morning to a long queue of people in your house," she writes.

Some of them want money to pay school fees or hospital bills, some want jobs for themselves or for their children or both, some just want to tell their MP they are angry the MP's vehicle drove past them and did not offer them a ride and they wouldn't be voting for him or her at the next elections.

What's more is that it costs a lot of money to get elected into parliament and some people do not finish paying off their debts before they lose their seats.

Read more on the BBC News website: Ghana's unstable Honourable House

Journalists in The Gambia are tweeting photos showing a calm situation in the capital, Banjul, as regional forces wait for long-time leader Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power and mediation efforts continue:

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa

A rally by a Nigerian separatist group - the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) - in support of US in-coming President Donald Trump has turned violent. 

Reports from Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria say hundreds of people from different states in the south-east marched to the city asking for the creation of Biafra state. 

Security forces tried to stop them, resulting in clashes. 

At the moment, it is not clear how many people have been injured in the clashes. 

Members of the group are alleging that some pro-Biafra supporters have been shot dead by security operatives, something the police in Port Harcourt deny.

The activists have been campaigning for a breakaway state in the east of the country. 

They endorsed the Republican candidate during the US presidential race in the hope he would recognise their independence movement - especially after his comments about "self-determination" in regards to the UK leaving the European Union.

People have been tweeting pictures from the protest:

Thomas Fessy
BBC News, Banjul

The Gambia's long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh, who lost elections in December, has asked for an extension of the deadline to stand down to be extended to 16:00 local time (16:00 GMT).

Michael Kaloki
Nairobi

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One of the Africa's largest banks, Bank of Africa, has announced that it will close down several of its branches in Kenya and instead offer many of its services online.

They will close eight branches in the capital Nairobi. In all, they will be left with 30 branches across the whole country. 

There has been a long term trend towards mobile banking in Kenya. 

People also use small shops as banking agents to do simple tasks like depositing bills.

Photographs of internationally recognised Gambian President Adama Barrow and his two wives, taken at Thursday's inauguration in Dakar, are being widely shared on social media.

It raises the question of whether both wives will be known as "First Ladies" or whether one will take precedence.

Mr Barrow will not be the only male African leader to have more than one wife.  

Longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has married three times. He married the official First Lady, Zineb, in 1999 after divorcing his first wife.

According to The Gambia's privately owned Point newspaper, he then married his second wife, Alima Sallah, in 2010 but Mr Jammeh's office issued an instruction that she should not be referred to as First Lady.

In South Africa, President Jacob is a proud polygamist - following a Zulu tradition - and currently has four wives, all of whom are known as First Ladies.

In South Africa, polygamy is a protected traditional right within the constitution for communities who practise the custom.  

Swaziland's King Mswati is believed to have at least 15 wives.

Read more: South Africa furore over flashy cars for Jacob Zuma's wives

Thomas Fessy
BBC News, Banjul

The streets of Banjul are still empty; shops and markets are still closed. 

There’s an anxious wait here though people feel the end of this political crisis is near. 

It now seems clear that the Gambian security forces will not defend Mr Jammeh, leaving him no other prospect but to end his 22-year rule. 

Umaru Fofana
BBC Africa, Banjul

I have just arrived at Gambia's State House with the presidents of Guinea and Mauritania. 

The Ecowas deadline for Jammeh to leave has been extended to allow for this last negotiation. 

A source tells me he is "highly likely" to leave for Conakry today. People lined up waving and chanting "peace".  

Gambian journalist Saikou Jammeh has tweeted the latest from the showdown in Banjul:

The West Africa correspondent for the Guardian tweets:

The deadline for Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power has now passed. 

But Reuters news agency says Ecowas Regional West African forces will wait for talks between Yahya Jammeh and the Mauritanian and Guinean presidents to take place before resuming their military operation. 

Meanwhile a BBC correspondent says that a Mauritanian Airlines plane used by the president has now landed at Banjul International Airport.

The presidents of Mauritania and Guinea - who are due in The Gambia for last-ditch talks to persaude Yahya Jammeh to leave the country with them and seek asylum - are only now leaving the Mauritanian capital, a BBC correspondent says.

This means the noon deadline for Mr Jammeh to cede power could be pushed back to leave time for the presidents to arrive and hold talks.

Meanwhile a red carpet and presidential Rolls Royce are on the tarmac in Banjul awaiting their arrival, as these pictures show.

Image source, Thomas Fessy

Image source, Thomas Fessy

Image source, Thomas Fessy

It has even become a photo opportunity: