A man plays an accordion as people gather at a local tavern, also known as shabeen, in Semonkong. MARCO LONGARI/AFP hide caption
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A vendor holds big weevil larvae at Kinshasa's Gambela market. At Gambela market, people can find insects for all tastes : big weevil larvae leaving a smoothness feeling in the mouth, slightly crunchy caterpillars or termites cracking between your teeth Junior D. Kanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'You'll have a long life': In DR Congo, maggots and caterpillars are prized food
Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko is seen in this undated image. Argus/AFP hide caption
A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s biggest dam amid regional tensions
An area is damaged following a landslide that destroyed the Tersin village, in the Marra Mountains area of Sudan Sep. 1, 2025. Sudan Liberation Movement/Army/Handout via Reuters hide caption
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Queen’s Classic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ finds a new voice in Zulu
M23 rebel soldiers board pickup truck in Goma on May 18, 2025. JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP hide caption
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, a buffalo is seen in a pen at Melorani Safaris at Olifantsvallei, South Africa. Denis Farrell/AP hide caption
A broken transformer in Badagry, Nigeria that hasn't worked for over 5 years. Local residents say electricity officials have never been sent to repair it. Emmanuel Akinwotu/NPR hide caption
A sedated rhino is being prepared before a hole is drilled into its horn and isotopes carefully inserted, at a rhino orphanage in Mokopane, South Africa, Thursday, July 31, 2025. Alfonso Nqunjana/AP hide caption
Survivors and village residents in Yelwata Village, central Nigeria after the attacks in mid-June. Terna Iwar hide caption
An overview of textile factories on July 5, 2025 in Ha Thetsane Industrial Area in Maseru, Lesotho. The tiny mountain kingdom has around 35,000 garment workers and many of them face an uncertain future. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images hide caption
Lesotho Declares State of Disaster After U.S. Tariffs. Rescissions Impact U.N.
An overview of textile factories on July 5, 2025 in Ha Thetsane Industrial Area in Maseru, Lesotho. The tiny mountain kingdom has around 35,000 garment workers and many of them face an uncertain future. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Europe hide caption
M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. Moses Sawasawa/AP hide caption
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa at the annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2025. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to the media after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Nigeria's government is pushing back against U.S. efforts to send the country migrants and foreign prisoners, with Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar, seen here at a summit in Brazil this year, quoting Public Enemy to drive home his point. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This plaque inside a medical facility in Pretoria states that it was funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Phill Magakoe/AFP hide caption
UNAIDS report warns HIV progress at risk as U.S. funding cuts take hold
President Trump participates in a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
