Calls to Eid prayer from mosques in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, were competing with gunfire this morning.
But Muslims in other countries on the continent have made it to the prayers, many dressed up to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan – like these children in Kara Isheri in south-west Nigeria:
In Ilorin, in western Nigeria, horsemen prepared to parade in the Durbar festival as part of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations
Balloons are on sale for the holiday in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja:
They can also be seen at this mosque in Tunisia’s capital, where people take selfies after the prayers:
A beautiful array of tailored colours are on display for street prayers in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé:
Smartly dressed Muslims with their prayer mats arrive at a stadium in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to perform the prayer:
In Mozambique, a country trying to recover from a jihadist insurgency in the north, President Filipe Nyusi was in central port city of Quelimane to greet Muslims celebrating Eid – and to praise the fraternal values cultivated by Ramadan:
And a woman at a prayer ground in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, shows off her decorated hands – specially hennaed for the Muslim festival:
