Snapshots
| Deadly outbreak: A schoolboy fetches stagnant water next to railway line at Kibera Slums, where cholera has been reported in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22. Cholera cases have been reported in Kenya, leaving 65 people dead. John Okoyo / Xinhua |
| Poll position: A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Addis Ababa on May 24. Ethiopians began casting ballots on May 24 in general elections to elect the political party that will rule the country for the next five years. Michael Tewelde / Xinhua |
| Presidential remains: A crowd gathers in front of the Dagnoen Cemetery door during the exhumation of graves belonging to Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara and 12 of his companions in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on May 25. Thomas Sankara was assassinated in a coup on Oct 15, 1987. Remi Zoeringre / Xinhua |
| Fuel scarcity: Workers are stranded as they wait for transport in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 25. Fuel scarcity has worsened in Nigeria, with motorists obstructing the free flow of traffic. Femi Ipaye / Xinhua |
| Day of the dodo: A model of a dodo, an extinct flight-less bird, at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 21, the day before the International Day for Biological Diversity. Pan Siwei / Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 05/29/2015 page5)
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