2023: Africa's Notable Moments in Photos
From two coups in West and Central Africa and extreme weather exacerbating a humanitarian crisis in East Africa, to elections in eight African countries and South Africa’s historic win at the Rugby World Cup, VOA Africa looks back at events that shaped the continent in 2023.
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A boy holds a national flag as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) gather to protest ouside the Niger and French airbase to demand the departure of the French army from Niger, in Niamey on September 16, 2023.
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A volunteer helps salvage furniture from homes which were damaged by the earthquake, in the town of Imi N'tala, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
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People and dogs dig through the rubble of a home that was damaged by an earthquake, in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, September 11, 2023.
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People sing as the ride on a new Lagos blue line train service in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, September 4, 2023. Lagos state government on Monday, began its 13km (9 miles) metro blue line services to the public.