Riot police officers lob tear gas canisters to disperse supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, during an anti-government protest against the imposition of tax hikes by the government, in Mathare settlement in Nairobi, Kenya on July 12, 2023. (Photo by John Muchucha/Reuters)





A woman sells locally made food at a market in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has announced his government's plan to pay $10 monthly to poor households to ease the growing hardship caused by the scrapping of subsidies that had reduced the cost of gasoline. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A woman sells cow milk at a market in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A man pushes a cart at a market in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A woman sells ground nuts at a market in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





People balance a bag containing grains on a man's head at a market in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





People stand and sit on dugouts parked on the beach at a fishing quay, in Mbour on July 13, 2023. A boat carrying 41 migrants that set off from Senegal landed in Spain's Canary Islands, the emergency services said on July 13, 2023, as rescuers continued searching for three other missing boats from Senegal. (Photo by Seyllou/AFP Photo)





A Libyan border guard stands near migrants from sub-Saharan African countries who claim to have been abandoned in the desert by Tunisian authorities without water or shelter, during a rescue operation in an uninhabited area near the border town of Al-Assah on July 16, 2023. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were forcibly taken to desert and hostile areas bordering Libya and Algeria after unrest in early July in Sfax, Tunisia's second-largest city. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia/AFP Photo)





Shoppers and traders in a congested street market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, July 17, 2023. Nigeria's monthly inflation rate soared to a seven-year high in June, after President Bola Tinubu scrapped fuel subsidies and allowed the currency to weaken before declaring a state of emergency to control staple food costs. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg)





A Kenya Police Officer runs away from a group of opposition supporters chasing him and throwing stones during anti-government protests in Nairobi on July 19, 2023. Kenya braced on July 19, 2023 for a new round of protests despite the government warning it would not tolerate further unrest after earlier demonstrations turned violent with more than a dozen people killed. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Protesters throw rocks at police during clashes next to a cloud of teargas in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Kenyans were back protesting on the streets of the capital Wednesday against newly imposed taxes and the increased cost of living. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





Kenya Police Officers patrol next to a vandalised car that has been used as a barricade by opposition supporters during anti-government protests in Nairobi on July 19, 2023. Kenya braced on July 19, 2023 for a new round of protests despite the government warning it would not tolerate further unrest after earlier demonstrations turned violent with more than a dozen people killed. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Women carry a supporter of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, who was shot during an anti-government protest against the imposition of tax hikes by the government, in Mathare settlement in Nairobi, Kenya on July 19, 2023. (Photo by John Muchucha/Reuters)





A riot police officer runs next to a burning sofa, as supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance participate in an anti-government protest against the imposition of tax hikes by the government in Nairobi, Kenya on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





Supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, hurl stones at riot police officers during an anti-government protest against the imposition of tax hikes by the government, in Mathare settlement in Nairobi, Kenya on July 19, 2023. (Photo by John Muchucha/Reuters)





A riot policeman reloads a teargas grenade launcher during clashes with protesters in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Kenyans were back protesting on the streets of the capital Wednesday against newly imposed taxes and the increased cost of living. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





Emergency services gather at the scene of a gas explosion downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday July 19, 2023. Search and rescue officials also ordered residents in nearby buildings to evacuate the area and the area where the explosion happened was cordoned off. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/AP Photo)





Emergency services gather at the scene of a gas explosion downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday July 19, 2023. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/AP Photo)





Hawa Omar, 23, a Sudanese woman who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, is pictured at her temporary shelter in Adre, Chad on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, participate in an anti-government protest against the imposition of tax hikes by the government in Nairobi, Kenya on July 20, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)