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| Tribal celebration: The biennial Baleng Festival, unfolds in the Kingdom of Baleng in the West Region of Cameroon. The purpose of the festival is to promote the traditional culture of the Baleng tribe. It is one of the more than 200 tribes in Cameroon, which has a population of around 125,000. According to the Baleng people, their ancestors migrated to Cameroon from Niger more than 1,000 years ago. Claude Bernard Wongoue / Xinhua |
| Birthday party: South African President Jacob Zuma addresses an audience on Jan 8 at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg, celebrating the 105th anniversary of the establishment of South Africa's ruling African National Congress. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua |
| Back to school: Students resume school in Abuja, Nigeria, on Jan 9. Schools in the country reopened for the new academic year after the long December holidays. Olatunji Obasa / Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 01/13/2017 page23)
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