Africa

A destroyed aircraft at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan is seen on April 17, 2025, after the Sudanese Armed Forces took control of the airport from the Rapid Support Forces. (Getty Images)

Nigerien Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangaré, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré attend a joint press conference following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow on April 3, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov via Getty Images)

Brahim Ghali, president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) salutes the SADR flag on January 13, 2023. (Getty Images)

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Ethiopian Republican Guards await the arrival of the French president and Ethiopian prime minister, who visited the National Palace in Addis Ababa on December 21, 2024. (Ludovic Marin via Getty Images)

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A performer holds an African National Congress flag while listening to Cyril Ramaphosa speak during the ANC Siyanqoba Rally on May 25, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)

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African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to the National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe before a Lekotla meeting on August 4, 2024, in Boksburg, South Africa. (Per-Anders Pettersson via Getty Images)

Volunteers at the Zanzalima Camp for Internally Displaced People unload 50 kilogram saks of Wheat flour that were a part of an aid delivery from USAID on December 17, 2021, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. (J. Countess via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)

The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images)