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| Safe at last: A rescued tiger in its enclosure at Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary, in Bethlehem, South Africa, on Oct 25. The sanctuary, established in 2006, is the largest of its kind in South Africa. It has rescued more than 90 big cats, including lions, leopards, tigers and cheetahs. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua |
| Fee fury: Protesting college students gather at the Union Buildings, the official seat of the South African government, in Pretoria, on Oct 20. The wave of student protests has continued for weeks since universities were given the green light by the government in September to raise tuition fees. Students are demanding that the ruling African National Congress should live up to its promise to provide free education by 2016. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua |
| New route: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stands by a plaque at the launch ceremony for the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway Project in Kajiado County, Kenya, on Oct 19. Sun Ruibo / Xinhua |
| Freedom flight: Dressed in striped shirts, Chinese crew members freed by Somali pirates arrive at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct 24 before heading home. Nine of the 10 former captives boarded a flight to China, accompanied by officials sent from Beijing. The 10th was still recovering in a hospital. Sun Ruibo / China Daily |
| Solemn day: Diplomatic envoys prepare to lay wreaths at the Freedom Statue in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, on Oct 24, in honor of those who died fighting for the country's independence. Zambia was celebrating the 52nd anniversary of its independence. Peng Lijun / Xinhua |
| 71st anniversary: United Nations peacekeepers and local residents visit exhibition tents showcasing the work of UN agencies as part of the 71st anniversary celebrations of the UN in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct 24. Gale Julius / Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 10/28/2016 page5)
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