Snapshots

AU Summit: Robert Mugabe (center), Zimbabwe's president and the African Union's chairman, speaks at the opening of the 25th AU Summit at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 14. Expectations were high for solutions to a series of challenges. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua |
Game day: Maasai women at the opening of the 2015 charity cricket tournament at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya, on June 13. The event promotes conservation and community ownership. Seth Onyango / Xinhua |
Looking over me: A baby elephant and its mother graze at Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya on June 13. Zhou Xiaoxiong / Xinhua |
Ready to learn: Oungra Otundo, a student at Thika School for the blind, works on a tablet during the National Baseline Survey on Learners with Vision Loss at Nairobi Safari Club on June 17. John Okoyo / Xinhua |
Fix is in: Boys repair bicycles on a street corner on a one-day holiday for the Day of the African Child in Namibian capital Windhoek on June 16. Nampa / Xinhua |
Money exchange: A man counts his old notes inside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, on June 15. The central bank is exchanging defunct Zimbabwean dollars for the US dollar at meager rates. Zimbabwe abandoned its currency amid hyperinflation in 2009. Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/19/2015 page5)
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