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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Survivors walk amidst debris next to destroyed buildings in the aftermath of floods in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo Monday, May 8, 2023. The death toll from floods in eastern Congo climbed to several hundred people as of Sunday, according to a local official.
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Students attend a class at the Seipone Secondary School in the rural village of Ga-Mashashane, near Polokwane, South Africa, Thursday May 4, 2023. Human rights groups have been pressuring the government for a decade to get rid of pit toilets in schools, with the issue given added urgency by several tragic cases of young children falling into the pits and drowning.
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Protesters run towards riot police officers during a mass rally called by the opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Monday, March 27, 2023.
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An elderly freed prisoner celebrates after he was released from Harare Central Prison in Harare, Friday, May, 19, 2023. Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails.