The festival, which originates from India but is also celebrated by South Africans of Indian descent, is described as the world's largest chariot festival. At least eight people were reportedly injured in chaotic scenes ahead of the inauguration... While in South Africa on Friday, a man looks at a painting of the Queen at Johannesburg's Rand Club, following her death the previous day. In Algeria on Thursday a boy empties a box of onions at an Algiers market... In Dakar on the same day the flag flies high as a Senegalese MP poses for a picture before parliament's first session since July's legislative elections.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2022 00:30 UTC