Ethnic groups in the village of Mbourokh near the city of Mbour are viewed dancing in a large circle around the tourists with torches in their hands in Mbour, Senegal on January 05, 2024. In Senegal, the “surprise” dinner organized with the dance and music of ethnic groups among baobab trees offers colorful slices of Senegalese culture and gives foreign tourists pleasant moments. Ethnic groups in the village of Mbourokh, about 100 kilometers from the capital Dakar, present their unique dances and rituals to visitors. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Car wreckages sit on top of rubbles after an explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 17 January 2024. Two people have been confirmed dead and 77 others injured in the explosion that occurred on 16 January evening. Preliminary investigations attributed the cause of the blast to illegal miners occupying one of the houses where they stored explosive devices, according to a statement released by the regional governor Seyi Makinde. (Photo by Emmanuel Adefolarin Agboye/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A donkey with injuries is seen after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up in Mandera County, Kenya, Thursday, January 18, 2024. Authorities in Kenya say a donkey cart carrying a suspected improvised bomb has blown up at a checkpoint on the Kenya-Somalia border, killing one Kenyan police officer and critically wounding four others. A police report says the cart pulled by two donkeys and ridden by one man passed the Somali checkpoint of Bula Hawa and entered Kenya territory Thursday. (Photo by AP Photo)





A helicopter helps to extinguish a fire in Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Nic Bothma/Reuters)





Police officials detain a protester from Sir Lowry's Pass Village during a protest over water supply in the area in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers get holy water sprayed on their faces during the celebration of the Ethiopian Epiphany in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 20, 2024. Timkat is the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival which celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers bath in the Fasilides Bath during the celebration of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, in Gondar on January 20, 2024. Timkat is the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival which celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. A sense of dullness marred the celebrations this year due to unrest and clashes plaguing the wider Amhara region - and the city of Gondar in particular, failing to attract the usual multitude of worshippers that flock at the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The conflict in the region sees the Ethiopian National Defense Force battling an ethnic Amhara militia known as “Fano”. Although these fighters fought alongside federal troops in the past, tensions boiled over after Addis Ababa announced in April 2023 that it was dismantling all regional armed forces across Ethiopia. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP Photo)





Ethiopian Orthodox Church Deacons attend the prayer session next to the holy water, during the annual Epiphany celebration called “Timket” to commemorate Jesus Christ's baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 20, 2024. (Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)





Two amateur boxers practice next to a street stall while promoting an amateur boxing event in the streets of Kampala on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Villagers and volunteers dig looking for human remains of victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide hidden under the foundations of a house in Ngoma, Rwanda on January 23, 2023, where more than 82 bodies have been found since January 21, 2024. In 2024 Rwanda will commemorate Kwibuka 30, with the 30th anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi, when around 800,000 people were slaughtered between April and July 1994. (Photo by Guillem Sartorio/AFP Photo)





A general view of a clogged up canal filled with styrofoam and single use plastic at Obalende in Lagos on January 23, 2024. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP Photo)





Members of a community brass band take a break during a rehearsal ahead of a performance at the Bwaise informal settlement in Kampala on January 23, 2024. Brass for Africa empowers children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Uganda to positively transform their lives using community brass bands and music as tool to drive social impact and develop life skills. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Members of a community brass band rehearse ahead of a performance at the Bwaise informal settlement in Kampala on January 23, 2024. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A woman reacts after police officials evicted a group of people from a building which they had illegally occupied, in Cape Town, South Africa on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





Women and feminists in Kenya took to the streets to march against the rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, January 27, 2024. Thousands of people marched in cities and towns in Kenya during protests Saturday over the recent slayings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and gender-based violence. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





People gather to stage a protest against increasing violence against women in the country as they march to the parliamentary building and supreme court in Nairobi, Kenya on January 27, 2024. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency)





Firemen extinguish a fire in the Makadara area of Nairobi on January 30, 2024. A huge fire broke in the evening of January 30, 2024 in the area of Makadara, in Kenya's capital Nairobi. At least two people have been severely injured and big areas of property destroyed according to Kenya Red Cross. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Firefighters and volunteers attempt to extinguish a fire that broke out at a commercial depot, used for oil barrels and flammable drums, near Muthurwa settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





A puffadder snake is guided to safety as firefighters battle a wildfire near Pringle Bay, as firefighters remain on high alert amid dry, hot, and windy weather in Western Cape, South Africa on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





Dancers perform at the launch of South Africa's first shipment and preferential trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement at the port in Durban, South Africa on January 31, 2024. (Photo by Rogan Ward/Reuters)