Africa in pictures: 13 December-19 December 2013

Acrobatics, collaring elephants and cheerleading

Robo-cops on parade, funny funerals and breaking stones

Fashionistas in Tanzania, royalty in Nigeria, and a flying Mandela

Shoes on show, veiled glamour and pyramid-jumping

Motorbiking Santas, Maasai medals and Lipala dance

Ebola celebrations, Papal photos and push against corruption

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In January 2014 the National Bureau of Statistics announced that inflation in Tanzania declined in December from 6.8 per cent to 5.6 per cent.

Horse-racing bling, Eid finery and mourning Mandela