John Gafabusa, custodian of the Mutyona natural sacred site near Buliisa, Uganda, points at a water covered sacred site on Lake Albert at the Karakaba landing site, August 3, 2023. As TotalEnergies invests billions into oilfield development and acquires more and more land, Bagungu people who practice traditional beliefs worry the spiritual power of at least 32 sacred natural sites in Buliisa keeps deteriorating. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo)





A man and a child walk past trees plastered with campaign posters on the streets of Harare, Sunday, August 20 2023. The upcoming general election in Zimbabwe is crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with vast mineral resources and rich agricultural land. But for many in the educated but underemployed population, the daily grind to put food on the table inhibits interest in politics. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Nigerien police officers sit outside the customs offices in Niamey, Niger, Monday, August 21, 2023. Around 300 trucks of food and other materials crossed into Niger from Burkina Faso with many arriving in the capital, Niamey Sunday, according to a regional custom's official. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





David Pariken 46, of the indigenous Maasai community, roasts meat at the inaugural Maa Cultural Week dubbed The Maa-Festival aimed to promote peace, tourism, and cultural exchange as the wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) make their annual cross border migration at the Sekenani village, in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, in Narok County, Kenya on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Members of the indigenous Maasai community parade at the inaugural Maa Cultural Week dubbed The Maa-Festival aimed to promote peace, tourism, and cultural exchange as the wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) make their annual cross border migration at the Sekenani village, in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, in Narok County, Kenya on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Members of the indigenous Maasai community sing and jump at the inaugural Maa Cultural Week dubbed The Maa-Festival aimed to promote peace, tourism, and cultural exchange as the wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) make their annual cross border migration at the Sekenani village, in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, in Narok County, Kenya on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Young Maasai men wearing traditional clothes and a ceremonial headdress made of ostrich feathers hold the horns of a ceremonial bull during the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A young Maasai man paints the head of his friend using a stick and the traditional red ochre pigment as they prepare to take part in the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Young Maasai men wearing a ceremonial headdress made of ostrich feathers parade at the ceremonial site during the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Young Maasai men wearing traditional clothes and a ceremonial headdress made of ostrich feathers gather in front of several ceremonial cows during the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A young Maasai man plays a traditional horn during the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A Maasai girl climbs a tree as young maasai men wearing a ceremonial headdress made of ostrich feathers parade at the ceremonial site during the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A young Maasai man wearing a ceremonial headdress made of ostrich feathers gets ready to take part in the Eunoto ceremony in a remote area near Kilgoris, Kenya on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Alice Zhakata, a local waits for her turn to cast her vote during the Zimbabwe general elections in Kwekwe, outside Harare, Zimbabwe on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)





A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Polls have opened in Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A man looks for his name on the voters' roll at a polling station during the presidential and legislative elections in Mbare, Harare, on August 23, 2023. Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023 began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





People queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Harare, Thursday, August 24 2023. Voting is still underway in Zimbabwe. Hours long delays in distributing ballot papers forced the president to extend the general election by a day at dozens of polling stations. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Tunisian taxidermist, Abdessalem Trabelsi, works on a stuffed rabbit inside his workshop in Rades, Tunisia on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters)





Armed riot police prepare to be deployed on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, August 25, 2023. Hordes of police officers armed with batons, teargas canisters and some with guns were seen next to the result centre as Zimbabweans anxiously waited for the outcome of general elections after polls closed on Thursday and authorities tightened security around the results centre. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) protest outside the Niger and French airbase in Niamey on August 30, 2023 to demand the departure of the French army from Niger. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)