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China Daily Africa | Updated: 2017-04-14 08:59

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School's out: Pupils outside their flooded classroom at the Muzi Combined School in the Zambezi region of northeast Namibia on April 8. Rising water levels and flooding in northern parts of the country have affected about 27,000 pupils after 102 schools were forced to close. Nampa / Xinhua

Tipping this scales: Vendors lift a fish at a market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 7. Anthony Siame / Xinhua

Donations: Josepheta Mukobe (third from left), Kenyan principal secretary of the State Department of Special Programmes-Ministry of Devolution and Planning, and Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa (second from left) attend a food donation ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 7. The community of Chinese living in Kenya donated 144 tons of cooking oil, maize and wheat flour for drought victims in nine Kenyan counties. Pan Siwei / Xinhua

Lawman: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (left) shakes hands with new Chief Justice Luke Malaba in Harare, Zimbabwe, on April 6. Malaba promised to improve efficiency in delivering justice to the people. Xinhua

Taste of China: Chinese actresses perform Peking Opera in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. The Chinese Jiangsu Performing Arts Group performed in Namibia on the evenings of April 7 and 8 as part of a China-Namibia cultural exchange program. Wu Changwei / Xinhua

On track: Mbeya railway station on the Tanzania-Zambia Railway in the suburban area of Mbeya, Tanzania on April 4. Through a comprehensive reform of the management system, it is hoped that the 1,860-km rail line will provide renewed vigor. Li Sibo / Xinhua

(China Daily Africa Weekly 04/14/2017 page5)