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Members of 444 Brigade, which is affiliated with Libya's Ministry of Defence, man positions in an area that saw an overnight gun battle in Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara in a bid to prevent further fighting between armed groups. At least 13 people have been killed in fighting that flared overnight between armed groups in Tripoli, the latest violence to hit the Libyan capital in months of rising political tensions. IMAGES
Protesters light a fire inside Libya's parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk, while demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. IMAGES
Libyan forces say they are in the final stages of recapturing Sirte from Islamic State. Yiming Woo reports.
A day after their release, dozens of Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen earlier this month, arrive at the Kaduna State Government House ahead of a meeting with the governor of the northwestern state, Uba Sani. The mass abduction in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest attacks on a school in years and sparked a national outcry over insecurity. IMAGES
In Moscow, large crowds gather outside the Crocus concert hall to lay flowers in tribute to the victims of the attack on Friday 22 March that left at least 137 people dead, three of whom are children. IMAGES
Images show the outside building of the court in Moscow where some of the suspects arrested in connection with concert hall attack will be going on trial. At least 133 people were killed when camouflaged gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall, in Moscow's northern suburb of Krasnogorsk, and then set fire to the building on Friday evening. IMAGES