Men arrive to join residents of communities around the Katse Dam, as they wait for local fisheries to deliver fish heads for their consumption, on October 10, 2022. The small landlocked kingdom of southern Africa, with abundant waterways, has become in less than twenty years one of the region's leading producers of freshwater fish with delicate and sought-after flesh. For thirty years, the country has been building Babylonian dams, of which Katse is the centerpiece, as well as a complex network of underground passages within the framework of an agreement with South Africa: Lesotho has done its most opulent wealth, water, nicknamed “white gold”, a marketable commodity. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





Women's rights group members protest outside the Johannesburg Magistrates court in downtown Johannesburg, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. A 21-year-old male has appeared in the court in connection with the discovery of six bodies at a car repair workshop in the city. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





An Elephant keeper (R) plays with rescued elephant calves, separated with their mothers or orphaned, at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, in Samburu, Kenya, 12 October 2022. Reteti sanctuary, which is under the Namunyak Community Conservancy, is said to be home to Kenya’s second largest elephant population. The sanctuary continues to be strained by the overwhelming rescues they need to do, due to the increasing numbers of orphaned or separated elephant calves as a direct results of the ongoing drought in East Africa. The worst drought in 40 years is now threatening the wildlife and conservation efforts in the region, as it continues to dry their pastures and water points causing a threat to an increase in human wildlife conflict. Millions of people are on the verge of starvation as families struggle to put food on the table as they experience severe drought combined with food shortages caused by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. (Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA/EFE)





This photograph taken on October 11, 2022, shows an aerial view of a harvesting site of the Katse Fish Farms on the Malibamatso basin in Lejone. The basin is formed by the Katse dam on the Malibamatso river. At 2,100 meters above sea level, not a sound breaks the tranquility of the early morning, the river meanders motionless between the round mountains of Lesotho. In the distance, trout breeders have been hard at work for a few hours already: it's harvest day. Lesotho, with its abundant rivers, has become in less than 20 years one of the region's leading producers of freshwater fish, with delicate and sought-after flesh. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





Volunteers receive training on how to conduct Safe and Dignified Burials of Ebola victims on October 12, 2022 in Mubende, Uganda. Emergency response teams, isolation centres and treatment tents have been set up by the Ugandan health authorities around the central Mubende district after 19 recorded deaths and 54 confirmed cases from an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The first death from this outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan strain of the virus was announced on 19 September and as yet, there is no vaccine for this strain. (Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images)





A boy plays with a kite depicting a dementor from the Harry Potter series during the 28th Cape Town International Kite Festival, an awareness-campaign for World Mental Health Day where kite enthusiasts gather to fly colourful kites, participate in social activities, and raise funds for mental health support at Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, South Africa on October 9, 2022. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest coup leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore gather outside the National Assembly as Traore was appointed Burkina Faso's transitional president in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday October 14, 2022. (Photo by Kilaye Bationo/AP Photo)





A Basotho jumps while being paraded with others by Lesotho horsemen before the start of the traditional horse race in Semonkong, a remote town in the Maluti mountains on October 15, 2022. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





Children from the pastoral Turkana community walk in file as they head to receive lunch rations at a nearby food aid distribution point during a drought-intervention community outreach clinic organised by United Nations Internationational Childrens Education Fund (UNICEF) at Nadoto village on October 18, 2022. The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in more than four decades with over 20 million people, including 10 million children, in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia to fall in need of water and food assistance through 2022. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)





A demonstrator reacts as he is detained in a police van during a rally on the second anniversary of anti-police brutality protests that investigators said ended when security forces fired live rounds into the crowd at the Lekki toll gate, in Lagos, Nigeria on October 20, 2022. (Photo by Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)





Protective equipment is laid outside to dry after being disinfected, outside the isolation section of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda Thursday, October 20, 2022. Uganda's Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers on the ground. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo)





People drive through flooded roads In Bayelsa, Nigeria, Thursday, October 20, 2022. More than 600 people have been killed so far this year and 1.3 million forced from their homes by Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade. Authorities are blaming the disaster on unusually heavy rainfall and the release of excess water from the Lagdo dam in neighboring Cameroon. (Photo by Reed Joshua/AP Photo)





Members of the Togo Gendarmerie are seen on October 20, 2022 before an anti-terrorism exercise at the Peacekeeping Operations Training Center (CEOMP). Togo's military on Thursday carried out a simulated jihadist attack in the capital Lome on Thursday, practising countering an assault and hostage-taking at a restaurant. Togo and neighbouring West African coastal states like Ghana and Benin are preparing for growing spillover from jihadist conflicts across their northern borders in Niger and Burkina Faso. (Photo by Yanick Folly/AFP Photo)





A Togolese policeman, disguised as a terrorist, brandishes his weapon on October 20, 2022 during an anti-terrorism exercise at the Peacekeeping Operations Training Center (CEOMP). (Photo by Yanick Folly/AFP Photo)





Togolese policemen, disguised as a terrorists, hold their weapons on October 20, 2022 as they take part in an anti-terrorism exercise at the Peacekeeping Operations Training Center (CEOMP). (Photo by Yanick Folly/AFP Photo)





A Togolese policeman, disguised as a terrorist, brandishes his weapon on October 20, 2022 during an anti-terrorism exercise at the Peacekeeping Operations Training Center (CEOMP). (Photo by Yanick Folly/AFP Photo)





Models are seen in the backstage during the opening of the SA Fashion Week (SAFW), at the Mall of Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa on October 20, 2022. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)





Horsemen charge and fire their rifles loaded with gunpowder during a national competition of “Tabourida”, a traditional horse riding show also known as “Fantasia, salon du cheval d'El Jadida” (El Jadida International Horse Show), in El Jadida, Morocco, 21 October 2022. (Photo by Jalal Morchidi/EPA/EFE)





A man waves an Ethiopian flag as he join others gathering in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 22, 2022 during a demonstration in support of Ethiopia armed forces. Tigray's rebel authorities said Friday they would attend talks next week aimed at ending war in Ethiopia, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed fighting “will end and peace will prevail” The government has also said it would participate in negotiations in South Africa on Monday being organised by the African Union, as diplomatic pressure mounts for a settlement to almost two years of bloodshed. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)





Ethiopians protest at a rally organized by the city administration against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party of Tigray's fugitive leaders, in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, October 22, 2022. The demonstrations were staged ahead of the expected start of peace talks in South Africa next week between the warring parties, with the U.S. saying Friday it supports the African Union's efforts to mediate talks to stop fighting in Tigray. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)