The social media giant has challenged demands to pay $290m over regulatory violations.

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

BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.

It is unclear how they died - the police had referred to a possible kidnapping but now suggest an accident.

He is accused of backing M23 rebels in the east but he has previously denied links to the group.

The opposition legislator had just left parliament when he was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle, police say.

One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.

Several apartheid-era atrocities, like murder, have been uncovered but few have made it to court.

Visit Rwanda signs a sponsorship deal with Atletico Madrid as Arsenal fans continue to call for their club to end its agreement with the tourism board.

Gen Assimi Goïta, who has seized power twice, had previously promised to hold elections.

Sam Allison plans to skateboard some 1,500 miles (2,414 km) to Morocco, camping along the way.

Taiwanese are warned against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before the ban is lifted.

Two Belgian teenagers have plead guilty to trying to smuggle thousands of giant African harvester ants out of Kenya. The authorities said they were allegedly planning to sell the ants on the growing exotic pet market in Europe and Asia, where ant keepers put the insects in special habitats and watch them build their colonies. BBC reporter Akisa Wandera talks us through this landmark case.

We also hear from two ant keepers, Kaden (Ender Ants) and Mauro (Bruma Ants) on why they love their pets.

And finally, a quick question for you, how many ants do you think there are for every person on earth? A) 10 ants B) 67 thousand ants C) 980 thousand ants D) 2.5 million ants

Listen to the episode for the answer!

Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Emily Horler and Chelsea Coates Editor: Verity Wilde

A BBC investigation identifies members of the security forces who shot dead protesters last June.

The family of Osinachi Nwachukwu accused her husband of abusing the popular gospel singer before her death.

The pairing of joyful Black South African music with Paul Simon’s cinematic lyricism is either a high point in cultural exchange, or an outrageous betrayal of the anti-apartheid movement. How should we view Simon's Graceland album now - in a time when cultural boycotts, cultural appropriation, and cancel culture are on the tip of everyone's tongue?

Forty years on, and through a distinctly South African lens, New York Times reporter Lynsey Chutel considers the legacy of one the most popular, controversial, and contested record releases ever. Was Paul Simon arrogant? Ignorant? And did his music really aid the struggle against apartheid?

Contributors: Stanley De Klerk, Lynsey's uncle Professor Sean Jacobs, Director of International Affairs at The New School Bakithi Kumalo, bassist on Graceland Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter Dali Tambo, founder of Artists Against Apartheid Sonti Mndebele, singer on the Graceland tour Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi, music writer

Presented by Lynsey Chutel Produced by Seun Matiluko & Jack Howson Mixed by Louis Blatherwick With thanks to Tom Bonnett for inspiration, as well as Rose-Anna Hyde, Richard Power and Saskia Cookson for additional research

A Peanut & Crumb production for BBC Radio 4

Historians say there were three popes of North African descent, the last one more than 1,500 years ago.

A court case which found Nigeria's leading football bodies to be negligent for the death of a player is hailed as a "landmark" by global players' union Fifpro.

Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to bribe the woman to withdraw the case.

The BBC exposes the members of the security forces who fired on protesters at Kenya’s parliament last year.