A patient is wheeled out of the Accident and Emergency ward after medical workers downed tools over poor pay and allowances at Kenya's largest referral hospital Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, September 28, 2020. A witness says a man has died outside an emergency ward of Kenya's largest referral hospital after he was not treated for hours because the staff are on strike over pay raises that were approved in 2012 but according to medical workers not received. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Pupils wearing face masks wait for the opening of their primary school on the first day of the new school year, in Ouagadougou, on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Olympia de Maismont/AFP Photo)





People wearing traditional clothing sing and dance during the celebration of “Irreechaa”, the Oromo people thanksgiving holiday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 3, 2020. Members of Ethiopia's largest ethnic group gathered under heavy security in Addis Ababa for a scaled-back version of their annual thanksgiving festival against a backdrop of unrest and political division. (Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP Photo)





Somali women train at a basketball court within Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu, Somalia on September 16, 2020. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)





A boatman sits in his boat in the Bou Regreg river between the city of Sale and Morocco's capital Rabat, on September 27, 2020. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP Photo)





A reflection of two gas flaring furnaces and a woman walking on sand barriers is seen in the pool of oil-smeared water at a flow station in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria on September 17, 2020. (Photo by Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)





Schoolchildren queue outside their school in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, September 28, 2020. Zimbabwe schools have reopened in phases, but with smaller number of pupils,more teachers and other related measures to enable children to resume their education without the risk of a spike in COVID-19 infections. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





Ethiopians celebrate the festival of Irreecha by throwing grass and flowers into a pool of water to thank God for the blessings of the past year and to wish prosperity for the coming year, amid tight security in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, October 3, 2020. Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, on Saturday celebrated the annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha amid tight security and a significantly smaller crowd due to political tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Adicko Pierre, 62, an Ivorian luthier (L) plays a guitar made by him, in the yard of his workshop in Abobo, a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast on September 30, 2020, a day before International Music Day. International Music Day is celebrated every year on October 1. It was established in 1975 by the International Music Council (CIM), itself founded in 1949 by UNESCO. Music plays an essential role for many people and is a powerful vector for intercultural rapprochement. The International Day dedicated to it aims primarily to highlight its importance and that of musicians on a global scale, and to promote the social value that its status as a common language confers on it as a factor of peace and understanding. (Photo by Legnan Koula/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Suspected undocumented Zimbabwean nationals wait to be transported by South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members following their arrest after attempting to smuggle food and furniture into Zimbabwe from South Africa near the Beitbridge border post, near Musina, on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP Photo)





Accountant Abiodun Ayinde watches as the news announces U.S President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus, at his office in Lagos Friday, October 2, 2020. Global markets dropped after President Trump said that he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member directs suspected undocumented Zimbabwean nationals into a vehicle after attempting to illegally cross the border fence to smuggle goods and fuel into Zimbabwe from South Africa near the Beitbridge border post, near Musina, on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP Photo)





Personnel of the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) are pictured in a warehouse with polling material, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP Photo)





Ethiopian Orthodox deacons blow traditional trumpets during the Meskel Festival to commemorate the discovery of the true cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified on, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 26, 2020. (Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)





A man looks at flooded farmland after a heavy downpour in Jigawa, northern Nigeria, Saturday, September 26, 2020. Seasonal rains have sent water flowing over riverbanks again in Nigeria, raising the risk of cholera and disease as government appears unable to cope with the flooding. (Photo by Sani Maikatanga/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus crosses the main road in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday September 28, 2020. Nigeria officials recently reopened worship centres and resumed international flights following months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Members of the Sudanese army stand as weapons that were collected from Sudanese citizens are destroyed in the Hajar al-Asal base, the Nile River State, 200 kilometres north of the capital Khartoum, on September 29, 2020. (Photo by Ashraf Shazly/AFP Photo)





Eskom employees dismantle an illegal electricity substation during an operation conducted by South African electricity public utility Eskom to remove illegal connections in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, on September 29, 2020. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP Photo)





A worker carries out her duties among stacked coffins at Enzo Wood Designs, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, September 30. 2020. Kasie Pillay, a coffin-maker in South Africa, watched the coronavirus pandemic turn his business upside down. For Pillay, the need for coffins rose and fell as South Africa's lockdown levels changed, but overall, he said, “business went down”. As the world surpasses 1 million deaths, Africa is bracing for a likely second wave of infections. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)





Civilians celebrate the signing of peace agreement between the Sudan's transitional government and Sudanese revolutionary movements to end decades-old conflict, in Juba, South Sudan on October 3, 2020. (Photo by Samir Bol/Reuters)