This morning calls to Eid prayer from mosques in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, competed with gunfire.
However, Muslims in other African countries have attended prayers, many dressed up to commemorate the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, such as these children in Kara Isheri, south-west Nigeria:
Horsemen prepared to parade in the Durbar festival as part of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Ilorin, western Nigeria:
In Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, holiday balloons are on sale:
They are also visible at this mosque in Tunis, where people take selfies after prayers:
In Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, a beautiful array of tailored colors is on display for street prayers:
Smartly dressed Muslims with prayer mats arrive at a stadium in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia’s capital, to perform the prayer:
And a woman at a prayer ground in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, shows off her specially hennaed hands for the Muslim festival:
