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China Daily Africa | Updated: 2016-09-23 08:59

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Clean sweep: South Africans collect rubbish on a beach in Cape Town on Sept 17 as part of global activities to mark the 2016 International Coastal Clean-up Day. Willem van der Merwe / Xinhua

Keeping in touch: A student writes Chinese characters on Sept 17 during a class at the University of Ghana Confucius Institute in Accra. The institute holds free classes every Saturday for Chinese children living in the Ghanaian capital to study their mother tongue. Shi Song / Xinhua

Show of camaraderie: Angolan military officials visit the China National Aero-technology Import and Export Corp's stand on the opening day of the 2016 Africa Aerospace and Defense Exhibition on Sept 14 at Waterkloof Air Force Base, South Africa. The event, the largest its kind in Africa, featured more than 380 exhibitors from over 30 countries. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua

Quake relief: Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majliwa (left) receives a mattress from Anna Jiang of Chang Qing International Investment Ltd on Sept 18 at a ceremony in Dar es Salaam. The company donated 200 mattresses to help earthquake victims in the Kagera region. John Badi / Xinhua

Boot camp: Young Kenyans are tested for fitness on Sept 19 as part of a Kenya Defence Force recruitment exercise in Nyeri. The Ministry of Defence started to enlist 2,000 recruits on Sept 19. Allan Mutiso / Xinhua

The write stuff: Chinese teacher Deng Qianqian and her students display Chinese calligraphy on Sept 15 at a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at the University of Kenyatta Confucius Institute in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. More than 200 Students and teachers took part. Pan Siwei / Xinhua

(China Daily Africa Weekly 09/23/2016 page5)

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