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A resident attempts to extinguish a fire after a shack (informal housing structure) belonging to a man, who is suspected of helping illegal miners in the area, was set on fire while residents protest against illegal mining and rising crime in the area in Kagiso on August 4, 2022. (Photo by Guillem Sartorio/AFP Photo)

A resident attempts to extinguish a fire after a shack (informal housing structure) belonging to a man, who is suspected of helping illegal miners in the area, was set on fire while residents protest against illegal mining and rising crime in the area in Kagiso on August 4, 2022. (Photo by Guillem Sartorio/AFP Photo)

Community members stand around an injured illegal gold miner near Krugersdorp, South Africa, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Community members beat suspected illegal miners with sticks and set fire to their camps following the alleged gang rapes of eight women by miners last week. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)

Community members stand around an injured illegal gold miner near Krugersdorp, South Africa, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Community members beat suspected illegal miners with sticks and set fire to their camps following the alleged gang rapes of eight women by miners last week. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)

Community members look on after apprehending illegal gold miners, beating them and stripping them naked before police arrested them near Krugersdorp, South Africa, Thursday, August 4, 2022. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)

Community members look on after apprehending illegal gold miners, beating them and stripping them naked before police arrested them near Krugersdorp, South Africa, Thursday, August 4, 2022. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)

Kenya's former vice president Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka delivers a speech during a campaign rally of Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) in Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Kisumu, on August 4, 2022, ahead of country's general election. Kenyans will head to the polls On August 9, 2022 in a contested tight battle between veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and current Deputy President William Ruto as they traverse the country vying for electorate support. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt/AFP Photo)

Kenya’s former vice president Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka delivers a speech during a campaign rally of Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) in Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Kisumu, on August 4, 2022, ahead of country’s general election. Kenyans will head to the polls On August 9, 2022 in a contested tight battle between veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and current Deputy President William Ruto as they traverse the country vying for electorate support. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt/AFP Photo)

Mourners gather Friday August 5, 2022 for the funeral ceremony of residents who died during protests against the United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma. Congo's government is reassessing the presence of United Nations peacekeepers after protests against the force in the country's east have killed at least 36 people. (Photo by Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)

Mourners gather Friday August 5, 2022 for the funeral ceremony of residents who died during protests against the United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma. Congo’s government is reassessing the presence of United Nations peacekeepers after protests against the force in the country’s east have killed at least 36 people. (Photo by Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)

Members of the Kenya Police Band walk inside the Kenya International Conference Centre during an interfaith prayer attended by veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga in Nairobi, on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)

Members of the Kenya Police Band walk inside the Kenya International Conference Centre during an interfaith prayer attended by veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga in Nairobi, on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)

A policeman guards ballot boxes and election materials as they sit ready to be distributed to polling stations, at a counting center in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, August 8, 2022. Kenya is voting Tuesday in an election that will bring East Africa's economic hub a new president after a decade. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

A policeman guards ballot boxes and election materials as they sit ready to be distributed to polling stations, at a counting center in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, August 8, 2022. Kenya is voting Tuesday in an election that will bring East Africa’s economic hub a new president after a decade. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Residents line up to vote at the Kibera primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday August 9, 2022. Kenyans are voting to choose between opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta after a decade in power. (Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo)

Residents line up to vote at the Kibera primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday August 9, 2022. Kenyans are voting to choose between opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta after a decade in power. (Photo by Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP Photo)

People line up to vote at the Oltepesi Primary School, Kajiado County in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday August 9, 2022. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

People line up to vote at the Oltepesi Primary School, Kajiado County in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday August 9, 2022. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

A woman gestures outside a polling centre by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) during the general election in Nairobi, Kenya on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

A woman gestures outside a polling centre by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) during the general election in Nairobi, Kenya on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

A man holding a machete reacts next to a fire after community members burned shacks and belongings as they searched for alleged illegal miners known as ‘zama-zamas’ as a protest, following alleged rape of eight models on July 28 when a television crew filmed a music video at a mine dump in the nearby township, in the West Rand, South Africa on August 8, 2022. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

A man holding a machete reacts next to a fire after community members burned shacks and belongings as they searched for alleged illegal miners known as ‘zama-zamas’ as a protest, following alleged rape of eight models on July 28 when a television crew filmed a music video at a mine dump in the nearby township, in the West Rand, South Africa on August 8, 2022. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

People watch as Secretary of State Antony Blinken's motorcade moves through Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo)

People watch as Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s motorcade moves through Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo)

People watch as Secretary of State Antony Blinken's motorcade moves through Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo)

People watch as Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s motorcade moves through Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo)

People watch as Secretary of State Antony Blinken's motorcade moves through Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo)

People watch as Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s motorcade moves through Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo)

A Maasai traditional woman waits near a voting booth at a polling centre before casting her ballot during the general election by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Ewaso Kedong primary school, in Kajiado county, Kenya on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

A Maasai traditional woman waits near a voting booth at a polling centre before casting her ballot during the general election by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Ewaso Kedong primary school, in Kajiado county, Kenya on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

Raymond Hinze
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