Kenyan police officers attempt to restore traffic flow and remove barricades blocking a main highway during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters throw stones amid tear gas during clashes with Kenyan police officers on a main highway blocked to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

Kenyan police officers attempt to restore traffic flow and remove barricades blocking a main highway during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

AFP presents a reportage of 76 photos taken by AFP photographer Olympia de Maismont between May 5 and 17, 2026 of the Lagos' China Town hub in the Ojota neighbourhood. Search for all these reportage images using: NIGERIA-CHINA-ECONOMY-FEATURE Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and visual stories. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of a motorist refuelling at a fuel station during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of a motorist refuelling at a fuel station during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of fuel and diesel prices displayed on a pump at a fuel station during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of fuel and diesel prices displayed at a fuel station during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP via Getty Images)