Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, waves to supporters as he campaigns ahead of the general elections in Kampala, Uganda on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters)





Sudanese refugee children from Darfur play and jump on a tree at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, on November 27, 2025. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Sudanese refugee children from Darfur play a Jump Rope game, amid ongoing conflict in their country, at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Members and fans of the “Opposite Nganya” matatu –Kenya's iconic, privately owned public transport minibus- drive around the venue celebrating their victory as Best Matatu during the 4th Nganya Awards in Nairobi on November 29, 2025. The Nganya Awards is a celebration of Kenya's matatu culture, honoring the matatu scene and the unique lifestyle around them. This years awards had over 40 categories, from matatu crews to vehicle designers, sound system and social influencers linked to the matatu lifestyle, with voting taking place ahead of the award show. (Photo by Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP via Getty Images)





Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, addresses his supporters at a campaign rally ahead of the general elections in Masaka, Uganda on November 29, 2025. (Photo by Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters)





A Somali trader carries a fish at Liido beach on the shores of the Indian Ocean in Mogadishu, Somalia, on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)





Members of the Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) perform the classic Christmas fairy tale, Tchaikovsky's ballet “The Nutcracker”, at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi, Kenya on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Models present creations in a traditional fishing boat during Dakar Fashion Week in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, December 6, 2025. (Photo by Misper Apawu/AP Photo)





Models showcase designs aboard fishing boats off Ngor Island during the 23rd Dakar Fashion Week, organized by Senegalese-French designer Adama N'Diaye, founder of the brand “Adama Paris”, on December 6, 2025, in Dakar, Senegal. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Models present creations in a traditional fishing boat during Dakar Fashion Week in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, December 6, 2025. (Photo by Misper Apawu/AP Photo)





Models, wearing designs by “Loulou Design” collection, ride on a pirogue during the final show of the Dakar Fashion Week in Ngor Bay, Dakar, Senegal, on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Nicolas Remene/AFP Photo)





Members of Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) perform in their 10th-anniversary annual ballet production, The Nutcracker, with the DCK Orchestra at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on December 6, 2025. Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) is one of East Africa's leading performing arts schools, training hundreds of students each year in ballet, contemporary, and other dance forms, and provides opportunities for talented young dancers from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to perform in major productions like The Nutcracker. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)





Members of Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) perform in their 10th-anniversary annual ballet production, The Nutcracker, with the DCK Orchestra at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on December 6, 2025. Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) is one of East Africa's leading performing arts schools, training hundreds of students each year in ballet, contemporary, and other dance forms, and provides opportunities for talented young dancers from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to perform in major productions like The Nutcracker. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A rescued schoolchild from St. Mary's School sits inside a vehicle as students arrive at the Niger State Government House after being freed from captivity following their abduction by gunmen, in Minna, Nigeria, on December 8, 2025. (Photo by Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters)





Queen Mary of Denmark inspects the Dandora dumpsite in eastern Nairobi, Kenya, which receives around 2,000 tons of waste daily, as part of her trip to the country and receives a briefing from officials about the site, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by James Kamau/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, newly arrived after renewed fighting broke out, line up with buckets at a food distribution point at Nyarushishi Transit Camp in Rusizi district on December 11, 2025. Congolese refugees described neighbours being massacred and losing children in the chaos as they fled into Rwanda to escape a surge in fighting despite a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump.Around 1,000 Congolese have ended up in Nyarushishi refugee camp in Rwanda's Rusizi district after renewed fighting broke out in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this month. The M23 armed group, backed by Rwanda, has seized vast swathes of eastern DRC over the past year and is once again on the march, taking another key city of Uvira in recent days. (Photo by Vivien Latour/AFP Photo)