Snapshots
| Final trip home: Ugandan People's Defence Force officers carry the body of Internal Affairs Minister Aronda Nyakairima at Entebbe International Airport southwest of Kampala on Sept 16. The 56-year-old former chief of defence forces died suddenly on his way back to Uganda from South Korea. Joseph Kiggundu / Xinhua |
| Big catch: A man is seen carrying a shark on his shoulders in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sept 19. Faisal Isse / Xinhua |
| Coach's gaze: Zhang Chaoling (second from left) watches the final of the table tennis group games at the 11th All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Sept 13. Zhang, from Xi'an in China's northwest, has been chief coach of Egypt's table tennis team since 2008. In the final, the Egyptian women's team won gold and the men's team won silver. Pan Siwei / Xinhua |
| Hold the torch high: Participants take part in the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2015 launch at Uhuru Park in Kenya's capital on Sept 19. John Okoyo / Xinhua |
| Peace Day: Youths play soccer at Olympic Primary School in Nairobi on Sept 20. The matches were part of activities marking International Peace Day on Sept 21. John Okoyo / Xinhua |
| Unexpected holiday: Pupils at a Nairobi school outside a classroom on Sept 18. The government ordered the closure of all schools due to a strike by teachers, who are demanding a salary increase of 50 to 60 percent awarded them by Kenya's Supreme Court. Simbi Kusimba / Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 09/25/2015 page5)
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