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China Daily Africa | Updated: 2016-09-02 09:25

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Beautiful behemoths: Visitors watch elephants in a quarantine area at the Etosha National Park, northwestern Namibia, on Aug 26. The park is home to hundreds of species of mammals, birds and reptiles. According to Namibia's Environment and Tourism Ministry, 31 elephants were poached in the country this year through July. Wu Changwei / Xinhua

Promise of science: Researchers at Uganda's National Crop Resources Research Institute laboratory study genetically modified rice varieties in Wakiso, Uganda, on Aug 24. Africa produces only about half of the rice it consumes, meaning that the rest must be imported. Ronald Ssekandi / Xinhua

Artistic tourism (Left): Rwanda Development Board CEO Francis Gatare views pictures at a tourism exhibition at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village on Aug 27. The three-day event attracted both private and public sectors and development partners from Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Xinhua; right: Through a child's eyes: Children have a meal in Kibera slum in Nairobi on Aug 26. Kibera is one of the biggest slums in the world. The Ministry of Devolution and Planning of Kenya and UN-Habitat are working to improve things, but progress is slow. Li Baishun / Xinhua

Next stop, China: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (left) shakes hands with a student after a farewell ceremony in Harare on Aug 26 for 50 students heading to China for undergraduate studies. They received scholarships of 12 million yuan ($1.8 million) from a Chinese company. Xinhua

Mourning a soldier: Somali government and military officials attend the burial of former Somali military commander Mohamed Ali Samatar in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, on Aug 25. Samatar was long active in Somali military and political life, once serving as the nation's first vice-president. Faisal Isse / Xinhua

(China Daily Africa Weekly 09/02/2016 page5)

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