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Young people with limited resources read the papers not just to get information on current affairs but also to watch out for the civil service application windows, which only appear in the official gazette. They seldom buy newspapers, however, preferring to pay vendors to allow them to skim the articles rather than spending more to buy a copy. Photo by Rodrig Mbock
Voters look for their names on the voter’s roll at the Olympic Primary School polling centre in Presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s home constituency of Kibera ahead of the Kenyan general election. Photo by Samson Otieno
The police force descended in large numbers and beat those civilians who came out to protest against the high cost of living on August 16th 2019. Photo by Shepherd Tozvireva
Posters of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni are seen piled on Ben Kiwanuka street after national elections in Kampala, Uganda, on January 15, 2021. The incumbent was re-elected, though the election results were widely dismissed as being heavily rigged. Photo by Badru Katumba
Nurses sing and dance during their strike in 2020 which lasted for more than three months. The health workers’ grievances included poor salaries and poor working conditions. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 7 July, 2020. Photo by KB Mpofu
Gaja Usman, leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, looks out over the shifting sand dunes that have pushed back the Zakkari community in Yusufari. The encroaching desert displaced him from his hometown, made livestock farming difficult and worsened water scarcity issues. Photo by Murtala Abdullahi April 11, 2022