19/09/2014

Africa in pictures: 12-18 September 2014

A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week: A stall holder selling second-hand shoes looks on as a train moves through a slum area of Kenya#039;s capital, Nairobi, on Thursday. The day before in neighbouring South Sudan, a boy carries water from a pump in the United Nations camp in the capital, Juba. Nearly two million people have fled their homes since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December. In Liberia#039;s capital, Monrovia, a barber shaves the head of a boy, wearing latex gloves as a preventive measure against the deadly Ebola virus on Friday. Liberia is the worst-affected country with 1,459...
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