A protester screams as he is carried away with others after being arrested by military police during the anticorruption protest in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Ugandan security forces on Tuesday arrested dozens of people who tried to walk to the parliament building to demonstrate against high-level corruption in protests that authorities say are unlawful. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo)





Journalists take part in a street protest chant as they staged a brief sit down on a street with a banner written “We are Not Criminals” as they sang and chanted calling for protection of journalists and respect of media freedoms following several attacks on journalists by police during ongoing anti-government demonstrations around the country, in Nairobi on July 24, 2024. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)





Police detains Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi during an anti-government demonstration following nationwide deadly riots over tax hikes and a controversial now-withdrawn finance bill, in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





A man reacts as residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search for bodies at the scene of a landslide in Kencho Shacha Gozdi on July 25, 2024. The death toll from landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia has risen to 257, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that the number of victims could soar to up to 500. Rescuers are pressing on with the grim search for bodies and survivors in the stricken locality of Kencho Shacha Gozdi, with crowds of distraught locals digging through a sea of mud often using just their bare hands and shovels. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP Photo)





Members of a 'joint security cell' made up of various military and security services affiliated with Sudan's army, brandish rifles as they take part in a parade in Gedaref city in the east of the war-torn country, on July 28, 2024. Sudan has been gripped by war since April 2023, when fighting erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, killing tens of thousands, displacing millions and triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. (Photo by AFP Photo)





Zeritu Zekarias, 43, sits on the ground as her husband and relatives dig in search of the missing son at the site of the twin landslides last week, following heavy rains, that buried people in Gofa zone, Geze District of Southern Ethiopia on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Kumerra Gemechu/Reuters)





People show interest to raptors belonged to 26-year-old Rogers Magutha, known as 'Street Bird Man', on a street in Nairobi, Kenya on August 1, 2024. Magutha earns money by taking photos of birds, which he takes care of, with tourists. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Bukusu boy rests after undergoing public circumcision rituals among the Bukusu community in Narondo village, Bungoma County, Western Kenya, 01 August 2024. Circumcision is a rite of passage, in public, for the Bukusu teenagers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood, hence proving their courage to the community. The ceremony is conducted biennially during even years, typically in August, with the community gathering to witness and support the initiates. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Daniel Wabuyi reacts during his traditional circumcision ritual, known as Imbalu, at Kamu village in Mbale, Eastern Uganda, Saturday, August 3, 2024. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo)





Young spectators watch as a fighter is treated after collapsing at a slap fighting competition in Kagiso township, west of Johannesburg, South Africa on August 4, 2024. (Photo by James Oatway/Reuters)





A pro-reform protester reacts to tear gas fired by police during an anti-government demonstration over what organisers say are tax hikes, bad governance, constitutional violations, extra-judicial killings and cost of living, in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Protestors gesture while being detained by Kenyan security forces during a demonstration in Nairobi on August 8, 2024. Kenyan police were out on the streets of the capital Nairobi, roadblocks were set up on major arteries and many shops were shut on Thursday after young activists called for new anti-government protests. The East African nation has been rocked by weeks of sometimes deadly demonstrations mostly led by young Gen-Z Kenyans against President William Ruto's two-year-old administration. (Photo by Simon Maina/AFP Photo)





A protester is arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday August 8, 2024, during a demonstration against hunger. (Photo by Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo)





A dog walks by a car damaged by the recent floods in Riverlands, in the Swartland district, on August 8, 2024. Two Swartland dams burst their banks on August 8, 2024 causing severe floods in the area. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP Photo)





Protestors run during a demonstration rally against hunger in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday August 8, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo)





A police officer fires teargas during an anti-government demonstration over what organisers say are tax hikes, bad governance, constitutional violations, extra-judicial killings and cost of living, in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Monicah Mwangi/Reuters)





A protestor is chased by police in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday August 8, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo)





Traditional dancers perform at the beginning of a welcoming ceremony for Botswana's Gold medallist Letsile Tebogo, winner of the men's 200m athletics event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone on August 13, 2024. President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. Botswana's Olympic team was due to return on Tuesday with Tebogo's gold as well as silver in the men's 4x400m relay, boosting the country's total Olympic medal tally to four (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





Presidential Guards attend an event marking the 44th Zimbabwe Defense Forces Day at Rufaro Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday August 13, 2024. (Photo by Aaron Ufumeli/AP Photo)





A ballet student from the Kibera based Project Elimu poses ahead of a public show in Kibera on August 14, 2024. Project Elimu, a community driven non profit organization, provides afterschool art, sport education programs for young people age 3 to 22. During school holidays the center holds street perfomances to encourage more students to join the dance center. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, one of the largest in Africa. (Photo by Gordwin Odhiambo/AFP Photo)