Snapshots

Transport on agenda: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, third from left, at the first Africa Sustainable Transport Forum in Nairobi on Oct 30. Meng Chenguang / Xinhua |
Victorious: Filipe Nyusi, candidate of the Frelimo party in Mozambique, who has been declared winner of the country's presidential election, which was held on Oct 15. Meng Chenguang / Xinhua |
Snapshot: Customers buy camera accessories at the Photo and Film Expo in Johannesburg on Oct 30. The event is said to be the largest of its kind in Africa. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua |
Battle tools: China's Ambassador to Senegal, Xia Huang, and Senegal's Minister of Health, Awa Marie Coll Seck, inspect Chinese aid in Dakar on Nov 1. The aid included body temperature detectors and scanners to help fight Ebola in West Africa. Li Jing / Xinhua |
Fallen hero: Mourners at the funeral of Senzo Meyiwa at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Nov 1. Thousands of people attended the funeral of the captain and goalkeeper of South Africa's national soccer team, who was shot dead during a burglary. Elmond Jiyane / Xinhua / DOC |
End of rule: Residents gather in a street of Ouagadougou on Oct 31. Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore announced his resignation the same day after violent protests against an attempt to extend his rule of 27 years. Xinhua |
Sad return: Soldiers carry the coffin of Zambia's President Michael Sata at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka on Nov 1. His body arrived in the Zambian capital from London, where he died on Oct 28. Salim Dawood / Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 11/07/2014 page5)
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