Residents of the Sjwetla informal settlement gather to protest the lack of food, on the outskirts of the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, Monday, April 20, 2020. Many have lost their income as South Africa is under a strict five-week lockdown in a effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)





A homeless man warms up by burning wood in the CBD in Johannesburg, on April 28, 2020. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, April 25, 2020, the family of Bara Tambedou exercises at home after breaking the fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Dakar, Senegal. This year the family is celebrating Ramadan at home, with prohibitions on public gatherings and a dusk-to-dawn curfew in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo)





A Somali man protests against the killing Friday night of at least one civilian during the overnight curfew, which is intended to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, on a street in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, April 25, 2020. A police officer in Somalia's capital has been arrested in the fatal shooting of at least one civilian while enforcing coronavirus restrictions, a fellow police officer said, sparking protests that continued Saturday with crowds of angry young men burning tires and demanding justice. (Photo by Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo)





Children of around 6,000 ethnic Fulanis who have been displaced by attacks, gather in a makeshift camp for the displaced in Youba in Yatenga province in Burkina Faso, Monday, April 20, 2020. The West African nation continues to be wracked by violence linked to Islamic extremists and local defense militias, while security forces reportedly killed 31 unarmed men in the country's north earlier this month, hours after the men were detained during a government counterterrorism operation in the town of Djibo in the Sahel region, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a homemade mask walks on the streets of Soweto, South Africa, Thursday, April 23, 2020, as the country remains in lockdown for a fourth week in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Africa has registered a 43% jump in reported COVID-19 cases in the last week, highlighting a warning from the World Health Organization that the continent of 1.3 billion could become the next epicentre of the global outbreak. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)





A member of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) stands on a military vehicle during a joint South African Police Services (SAPS) and SANDF patrol on day 31 of the national lockdown as a result of the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 April 2020. The patrol was in the high density areas of Hillbrow and Yoeville where civilians are still breaking the strict lockdown rules. Those that where breaking the rules where arrested. South Africa's Stage 5 lockdown is due to end 30 April 2020 when stage 4 will be implemented. (Photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA/EFE)





Residents look on as soldiers patrol on the streets of Soweto, South Africa, Thursday, April 23, 2020, as the country remains in lockdown for a fourth week in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Africa has registered a 43% jump in reported COVID-19 cases in the last week, highlighting a warning from the World Health Organization that the continent of 1.3 billion could become the next epicentre of the global outbreak. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)





A taxi driver wears face mask at the Nima market, as Ghana lifts partial lockdown amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Accra, Ghana on April 20, 2020. (Photo by Francis Kokoroko/Reuters)





A street vendor wearing a face mask is pictured as the spread of thecoronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters)





An internally displaced Somali woman and her children prepare their Iftar meal during the month of Ramadan at the Shabelle makeshift camp in Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia on April 24, 2020. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)





In this March 20, 2020, file photo, a boda-boda, or motorcycle taxi, driver wears a makeshift mask made from a local fabric known as Kitenge as he looks for customers in the Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya. As Africa braces for a surge in coronavirus cases, its countries are far behind in the global race for medical equipment. Outbid or outmaneuvered by richer nations, jolting African officials to scramble for solutions and join forces, creating a pooled purchasing platform under the African Union to improve their negotiating power. (Photo by Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo/File)





In this March 22, 2020, file photo, a municipal worker sanitizes the street of Dakar's popular Medina neighborhood after a bulldozer demolished informal shops in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Africa is bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases, but its countries are far behind in the global race for medical equipment that’s dangerously scarce. (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo/File)





A man pulls a handcart with jerrycans along the street before a curfew, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





A passenger walks through a disinfectant tunnel following social distancing rules as he prepares to board the commuter train service by the Kenya Railways Corporation before a curfew, as a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the main railway station in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on April 29, 2020. (Photo by Njeri Mwangi/Reuters)





Commuters are seen following social distancing rules while they queue for public transport before a curfew, as a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





A young woman runs between the burnt huts in the informal camp for displaced people of Faladie in Bamako, Mali on April 28, 2020. A fire on April 28, 2020, destroyed much of the main camp for displaced people in Bamako, where more than 1,000 people who fled the violence in central Mali have found refuge. (Photo by Michele Cattani/AFP Photo)





A man weeps and is comforted by a friend as law enforcement officials move in to demolish his shack after Khayelitsha township residents attempted to occupy vacant land during a nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cape Town, South Africa, April 22, 2020. (Photo by Mike Hutchings/Reuters)





In this photo taken Saturday, April 25, 2020, Ndyeye Fatou, the daughter of Bara Tambedou, wears a patterned face mask as she buys bread for her family on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Dakar, Senegal. This year the family is celebrating Ramadan at home, with prohibitions on public gatherings and a dusk-to-dawn curfew in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo)





The distribution of food intended for the layers impacted by the Covid-19 began today, April 28, 2020 in the pilot towns of Guinaw Rail South and Yenne, Senegal transported by carriages in the districts. The update on the conveyance, the storage of food throughout the territory, the targeting of beneficiaries and the distribution of food kits was made yesterday. This is food aid for the benefit of 1 million households, representing approximately 8 to 10 million Senegalese. (Photo bySadak Souici/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)