Passengers look on after boarding the old train in Shinile, Ethiopia, on October 25, 2022. Over a century after the French laid a railroad in eastern Ethiopia, the old track remains indispensable for trade and transport, even with the recent arrival of a modern, Chinese-built line Twice a week, passengers and cargo pile into carriages dating from 1955 to make the 12-hour, 200-kilometre (125-mile) journey by diesel locomotive from Dire Dawa to Dewele, on the border of Djibouti. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





Ivory Coast's former youth minister Charles Ble Goude is cheered by supporters upon his return to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday November 26, 2022, after more than a decade in exile. Ble Goude was acquitted of charges linked to the violence that erupted after the disputed 2010 election when then President Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede. (Photo by Diomande Bleblonde/AP Photo)





Supporters cheer Ivory Coast's former youth minister Charles Ble Goude upon his return to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday November 26, 2022, after more than a decade in exile. (Photo by Diomande Bleblonde/AP Photo)





Jean Claude, 27, poses in front of his hairdressing salon in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday November 26, 2022.At a time of tension and economic uncertainty, the bold names and brightly colored storefronts bring a sense of normalcy to residents who have contended with conflict and natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions for decades. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)





Thousands of members of the Nazareth Baptist Church, popularly known as the Shembe Church attend the annual prayer and reconciliation ceremony addressed by one of the largest African church leader's Prophet Mduduzi “uNyazilwezulu” Shembe at the Enyokeni Zulu Royal Palace some 400 kilometres north of Durban, on November 26, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Jantilal/AFP Photo)





People walk amid skeletons in a drought affected area in Mandera, Kenya on December 1, 2022. Despite residing in the area most impacted by the global climate crisis, the 300-year-old homeland of the Manderians in northern Kenya, they do not want to leave. Mandera residents are attempting to care for their animals while fighting for their own water and food needs in the state, which has not experienced adequate rainfall for the last six years. Mandera province, located in the Ethiopia-Somali-Kenya triangle, is facing drought in recent years. The state, which is home to over 1.2 million people, typically relies on farming along rivers and raising cattle for a living. The state's 1.2 million residents often rely on farming along rivers and raising livestock for a living. The riparian regions are now utterly unusable as the majority of rivers flowing from the Ethiopian mountains have dried up. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





About 500 invited children from the Kibera slum learn posing as they watch “The Nutcracker”, a ballet primarily performed during the Christmas period, by the Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) with the Nairobi Philharmonic Orchestra at the National Theatre in Nairobi on December 3, 2022. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A model practices her walk ahead of Dakar fashion week on Goree Island in Dakar, Senegal, on December 03, 2022. The 20th anniversary of Dakar fashion week is held in a preserved colonial era fort on Goree island, which was one of Africas biggest slave trading centres during the 15th and 16th century. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Mitchelle Mulari, 15, (C) and Watiri Nduba, 18, (2nd R) react with other dancers at the side of the stage during The Nutcracker, a ballet primarily performed in the Christmas period, by the Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) with the Nairobi Philharmonic Orchestra at the National Theatre in Nairobi on December 4, 2022. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Models wait to get their make-up finished during Dakar fashion week on Goree Island in Dakar, Senegal, on December 03, 2022. The 20th anniversary of Dakar fashion week is held in a preserved colonial era fort on Goree island, which was one of Africa’s biggest slave trading centres during the 15th and 16th century. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Sudanese civilian leaders lift documents following the signature of an initial deal with military powers aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by last year's military coup, in the capital Khartoum on December 5, 2022. The past year has seen near-weekly protests and a crackdown that pro-democracy medics say has killed at least 121, a spiralling economic crisis exacerbated by donors slashing funding, and a resurgence of ethnic violence in several remote regions. Divisions among civilian groups have deepened since the coup, with some urging a deal with the military while others insist on “no partnership, no negotiation”. (Photo by Ashraf Shazly/AFP Photo)





Passengers disembark from a train at the train station in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, December 5, 2022. Train service in Nigeria's capital city resumed on Monday, eight months after assailants attacked a train with explosives and gunfire, killing seven people and abducting dozens of passengers. (Photo by Chinedu Asadu/AP Photo)





Morocco fans sit on street benches during celebrations in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Morocco beat Spain on penalties in a round of 16 World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar. (Photo by Pau de la Calle/AP Photo)





A Russian ballerina puts on her lipstick ahead of a performance of The Nutcracker in Dakar on December 05, 2022. Seven professional Russian ballerinas travelled to Dakar for a performance of The Nutcracker under the supervision and training of Russian ballet master Slou Akimguereeva. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





This aerial photograph shows makeshift tents at Limaan camp in Mogadishu on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 where internally displaced Somalis who fled from their settlement due to the severe drought conditions live. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP Photo)





Somali revellers swim at the Geelaq beach in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)





A bus is seen in a flooded area in Lenasia, South Africa on December 10, 2022, following heavy rains. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





A South Africa Police Services (SAPS) helicopter helps search for the body of a person missing in the floods as a police Search and Rescue search the bush in Soweto, on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





A participant from Rombo village participates in the high jump during the Maasai Olympics in Kimana district, on December 10, 2022, a sports event first held in 2012, in the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem. Usually the event is held every second year, but due to the pandemic the event is 2020 was cancelled, so this years event was the first one in four years. Beginning in August 2022, the four competing warrior villages of Eselengei, Kuku, Mbirikani, and Rombo have engaged in local and regional competitions, culminating in the main event. The sports programme of six track-and-field events is based on traditional warrior skills. Running 200 meters, 800 metres and 5,000 meters, spear throwing, rongo (club) throwing into a windsock, high jump, and 1500 and 100 meters running for girls. There is a monetary pize for first, second and third, and the winning village is also awarded a bull. (Photo by Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP Photo)





A Maasai woman takes a selfie as she prepares to watch the Maasai Olympics in Kimana Sanctuary, southern Kenya Saturday, December 10, 2022. The sports event, first held in 2012, consists of six track-and-field events based on traditional warrior skills and was created as an alternative to lion-killing as a rite of passage. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)