Nosmot Gbadamosi is a multimedia journalist and the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Africa Brief. She has reported on human rights, the environment, and sustainable development from across the African continent.
Demonstrators hold banners and flags in support of Somalia’s government following a port deal signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland in Mogadishu on Jan. 3.
Palestinians carry flags and banners as they gather at Nelson Mandela Square in Ramallah, West Bank, to demonstrate in support of the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty Images
A protester wearing a T-shirt in support of the Niger, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso junta leaders gestures during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey, Niger on Aug. 3.
Incumbent President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (C) addresses his supporters at the Stade des Martyrs during his first campaign rally as the electoral campaign officially kicks off in Kinshasa on Nov. 19.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (L) South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the first session of the G-20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9.
Then-U.S. President George W. Bush holds Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh as Tantoh's mother Manyongo Mosima Kuene Tantoh (L), who suffers from AIDS, and Bishop Paul Yowakim (2nd L) looks on after speaking on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief May 30, 2007 at the White House in Washington.
A crowd of people carry Palestinian flags as they stage a demonstration in support of Palestinian resistance to Israel in Rabat, Morocco. Buildings and palm trees line the street behind them as the crowd stretches into the distance.