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Hundreds dead as Cyclone Freddy wrecks Malawi, Mozambique 14 Mar 2023 - 06:29 pm
A general view of a landslide at Mbayani in Blantyre, on March 13, 2023, due to heavy rains following the effects of cyclone Freddy. - Malawi's leader on March 13, 2023 declared a state-of-disaster in several southern districts including the commercial hub Blantyre after the powerful cyclone Freddy made a come-back killing dozens. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Witnesses say extremist attack in Somalia kills at least 9 14 Mar 2023 - 05:08 pm
Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu on Aug. 21, 2022. File photo / AFP
Malawi cyclone survivors battle despair as hopes for survivors dwindle 14 Mar 2023 - 02:39 pm
A general view of washed away structures in Blantyre on March 14, 2023, caused by heavy rains following cyclone Freddy's landfall. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Malawi declares state-of-disaster after cyclone's deadly return 13 Mar 2023 - 08:43 pm
A general view of a collapsed road caused by flooding waters due to heavy rains following cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi, on March 13, 2013.  (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
BioNTech mobile mRNA vaccine labs reach Rwanda 13 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm
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Ivory Coast to host World Environment Day on June 5 13 Mar 2023 - 06:28 pm
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Slow response led to 30 migrant deaths off Libya: Activists 13 Mar 2023 - 06:16 pm
A wreath of flowers floats on the Mediterranean Sea, thrown by people who ended a protest march on the beach at the site of the shipwreck on March 11, 2023 in Steccato di Cutro, Calabria region, southern Italy, as part of the movement 'Stop the massacre, now!' (Fermare la strage, subito!) launched by the 'National Network February 26' created following the February 26, 2023 shipwreck that killed at least 74 migrants, including children, in Steccato di Cutro. (Photo by Gianluca CHININEA / AFP)
Gabon ferry disaster toll rises to six dead, 31 missing 13 Mar 2023 - 03:10 pm
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Ethiopian journalist honored by US sounds alarm on media freedom 11 Mar 2023 - 09:37 pm
Meaza Mohammed of Ethiopia, a 2023 International Women of Courage Award recipient, poses at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Five accused of killing DR Congo Italian envoy request acquittal 11 Mar 2023 - 09:18 pm
Nicolas de Rivière (third left), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), speaks with peacekeepers during a ceremony in honour of peacekeepers killed in the line of duty since the mission began, in Goma on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP)
Libya rivals can agree election terms 'by mid-June': UN envoy 11 Mar 2023 - 07:58 pm
Abdoulaye Bathily, UN Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), gives a press conference in Tripoli on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)
Ramaphosa receives graft ombud’s report on cash-in-sofa scandal 11 Mar 2023 - 05:38 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo / AFP
Angola to send forces to conflict-torn DR Congo 11 Mar 2023 - 04:45 pm
This handout image provided by the UAE Ministry Of Presidential Affairs shows UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (right) meeting with Angola's President Joao Lourenco (left) at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Hamad AL-KAABI / UAE's Ministry of Presidential Affairs / AFP)
Zambia’s auditor general Sichembe arrested on graft charges 09 Mar 2023 - 10:03 pm
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.
At least 36 people killed by extremists in eastern Congo 09 Mar 2023 - 05:46 pm
In this file photo taken on December 07, 2022 flags of the Democratic Republic of Congo are surrounded by candles in Beni during a prayer vigil in remembrance of the victims of the ungoing unrest in the East of the country. (Photo by Sébastien KITSA MUSAYI / AFP)
Tunisia's Saied scraps post-revolution city councils 09 Mar 2023 - 04:01 pm
File Photo: Kaid Saied.
Standard Bank makes $81 million provision for Ghana bond losses 09 Mar 2023 - 12:00 pm
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Nigeria court rejects initial opposition election demand 08 Mar 2023 - 10:19 pm
A woman lies beside campaign posters of Lagos gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Babajide Sanwo-Olu and runningmate Obafemi Hamzat displayed at a bus station in Lagos, on March 7, 2023 ahead of March 11 gubernatorial elections.  (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)