Wrestlers face off in a ring set up in a schoolyard in Selemenbao district in Kinshasa, on July 29, 2023. In poor neighbourhoods of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, bouts of voodoo wrestling – an over-the-top combat sport featuring traditional magic – serve as popular entertainment. (Photo by Alexis Huguet/AFP Photo)





Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. The sign reads: “Down with France, long live Putin”. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Jets of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces perform above the city of M'diq marking the 24th anniversary of Morocco's King Mohammed VI accession to the throne, on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP Photo)





Performers showcase a traditional dance during the Sebeiba Festival, a yearly celebration of Tuareg culture, in the oasis town of Djanet in southeastern Algeria on July 29, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Geneina, in Sudan's Darfur region, line up at the water point in Adre, Chad on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Children rest in a hut on the side of the road crowded with some 140 people in Niamey, Niger, Monday, July 31, 2023. In the capital of Niger, many people live in makeshift shelters tied together with slats of wood, sheets and plastic tarps because they can't pay rent, and they scramble daily to make enough money to feed their children. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Elders perform coronation rituals on Kabaka (King) Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II during his 30 year coronation at his palace in Mengo, Kampala, on July 31, 2023. Thousands of Ugandans thronged the palace grounds of the country's largest kingdom Buganda despite pouring rain on July 31, 2023, dancing and ululating as they marked 30 years since the coronation of King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. (Photo by Badru Katumba/AFP Photo)





A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, walks beside carts carrying her family belongings upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad on August 2, 2023. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A nigerian police officer takes photographs of labour unionists marching in the streets of Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, August 2, 2023, to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation's new president, with calls for the government to improve social welfare interventions to reduce hardship. (Photo by Chinedu Asadu/AP Photo)





A protester wearing a t-shirt in support of the Niger junta gestures during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. Security concerns built on August 3, 2023 ahead of planned protests in coup-hit Niger, with France demanding safety guarantees for foreign embassies as some Western nations reduced their diplomatic presence. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Supporters of Niger's ruling junta hold a Russian flag at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, August 3, 2023. The march falls on the West African nation's independence day from its former colonial ruler, France, and as anti-French sentiment spikes, more than one week after mutinous soldiers ousted the country's democratically elected president. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Men hold a child dressed in military uniform as they gather with thousands of anti-sanctions protestors in support of the putschist soldiers in the capital Niamey, Niger on August 3, 2023. (Photo by Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters)





Moroccan horsemen ride during a performance to celebrate the annual Moussem festival in El Jadida on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP Photo)





A woman sits outdoors on a salvaged bed in an area devastated by floods in al-Sagai north of Omdurman on August 6, 2023. Torrential rains have destroyed more than 450 homes in Sudan's north, state media reported on August 7, validating concerns voiced by aid groups that the wet season would compound the war-torn country's woes. Changing weather patterns saw Sudan's Northern State buffeted with heavy rain, causing damage to at least 464 houses, state-run SUNA news agency said. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A man reacts as he stands in a flooded area near a partially-immersed truck in al-Sagai north of Omdurman on August 6, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Supporters of Niger's ruling junta play instruments in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, August 6, 2023. Nigeriens are bracing for a possible military intervention as time's run out for its new junta leaders to reinstate the country's ousted president. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Supporters of Niger's ruling junta hold a Russian flag in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, August 6, 2023. Nigeriens are bracing for a possible military intervention as time's run out for its new junta leaders to reinstate the country's ousted president. (Photo by Sam Mednick/AP Photo)





Niger's National Concil for the sefeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane (2nd R) is greeted by supporters upon his arrival at the Stade General Seyni Kountche in Niamey on August 6, 2023. Thousands of supporters of the military coup in Niger gathered at a Niamey stadium Sunday, when a deadline set by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to return the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to power is set to expire, according to AFP journalists. A delegation of members of the ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) arrived at the 30,000-seat stadium to cheers from supporters, many of whom were drapped in Russian flags and portraits of CNSP leaders. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Residents of Masiphumelele throw bottles at police amidst an ongoing strike by taxi operators against traffic authorities in Cape Town, South Africa on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Nic Bothma/Reuters)