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Africa in pictures: 22-28 September

A man balances a vodka bottle on a stick in South Africa

A man balances a vodka bottle on a stick on Thursday to entertain the crowds at the opening of Maponya Mall in the South African township of Soweto.

Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango playing a saxophone

Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango in Craonne, France, on Saturday where sculptures were unveiled to commemorate a WWI battle that killed some 40,000 Senegalese soldiers.

A nurse in Darfur, Sudan

A nurse prepares a vaccine on Wednesday in a camp for people displaced in the Sudanese region of Darfur where World Vision suspended all non-essential activities this week.

A woman carries a sack of food aid in Jowhar, Somalia

On the same day, a Somali woman carries sacks of food aid in a camp in Jowhar where tens of thousands of people have fled from the war-torn capital, Mogadishu.

People travel through flooded areas in Togo

A family paddles through flooded fields on Sunday in northern Ghana...

A street sign seen in a flooded area in Ghana

... and come across a road sign poking out of the water near the village of Nasia.

A boat loaded with bicycles in Kenya

Both West and East Africa have been suffering severe floods. On Saturday, Kenyan residents of Budalangi try to make the best of the situation as they rescue their belongings.

Tunisians buying bread

On the same day, Tunisians observing the Muslim month of Ramadan rush to buy bread just before break of fast at dusk. For more on Africa's week tune into Weekend Network Africa.




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