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![<p>Burkina Faso’s self-declared leader Ibrahim Traoré is welcomed by supporters holding Russian flags as he arrives at the national television station in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on October 2, 2022.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>U.S. President Joe Biden, Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema, and Tanzania’s Vice President Philip Isdor Mpango pose for a photo, during a</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Protesters hold a banner with the face of Venancio Mondlane, independent candidate for the presidency of Mozambique during a “national shutdown” against the election outcome, in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 7, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi waves as he arrives to be sworn in for a second term as a president during the inauguration ceremony in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on January 20, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Participants pose for a group photo at a summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 17, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Activists from the opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change arrested for holding a political gathering which authorities said was unauthorized arrive at the Magistrates’ courts in Harare, Zimbabwe on June 18, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce participate in a demonstration after a failed coup attempt by Bolivia’s armed forces in La Paz, Bolivia.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>A view shows the empty seats of Mali and Guinea during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in Abuja, Nigeria on July 7, 2024.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>People gather on the day of the inauguration ceremony of South Africa’s President elect Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 19, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Poll workers count ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in N’Djamena, Chad on May 6, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Delegates wait for Chad’s transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno to arrive ahead of an inauguration meeting of a coalition of parties for his candidacy for the presidential election set for May, in N’Djamena, Chad on March 2, 2024. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>A billboard promoting a military parade to celebrate Guinea’s independence is shown over the city of Conakry, Guinea on September 28, 2023. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Aid provided by the World Food Program is seen in Adre Camp in Adre, Chad, on November 8, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Protesters gather outside the general assembly in Dakar, Senegal on February 5, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Gabon’s transitional president General Brice Oligui Nguema salutes as he is inaugurated, in Libreville, Gabon on September 4, 2023. </p>]()
By Alexandra Dent![<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi cheers at supporters after casting his vote at a polling station in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 20, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Army Chief of General Staff, Birhanu Jula, watch a military parade during the 116th celebration of the Ethiopian Defense Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 26, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Liberian voters search for their name on electoral lists before they cast their votes during Liberia’s presidential election in Monrovia, Liberia on October 10, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa takes an oath of office during his inauguration at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe on September 4, 2023. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Mozambique police forces are seen stationing in front of the Technical Secretariat of Electoral Administration building as supporters of the opposition party RENAMO demonstrate in Maputo, Mozambique on October 17, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike addresses the People Democratic Party delegates during the special convention in Abuja, Nigeria on May 28, 2022.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, on September 21, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin
