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Blinken warns rival Sudanese generals to respect latest truce or face possible sanctions 23 May 2023 - 06:47 pm
Tuk-tuks (motorised rickshaws) wait for passengers outside a branch of the Bank of Khartoum in Port Sudan on May 23, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
'What would I be celebrating?': Eritrea marks independence anniversary 23 May 2023 - 05:04 pm
A man waits to cross the road beside a patriotic poster in Asmara, Eritrea, on July 18, 2013. Parties, music and dancing lasted the entire month to commemorate Eritrea's liberation from Ethiopian rule in May 1991, and its overwhelming support for independence in a UN-backed referendum two years later. (Photo by Jenny VAUGHAN / AFP)
Eritrea's Isaias Afwerki: Ruthless leader of an isolated nation 23 May 2023 - 04:04 pm
Eritrean secretary general of the provisional government, Isaias Afwerki votes in a three-day referendum to make Eritrea independent from Ethiopia after a 30 year old civil war on April 23, 1993. (Photo by ALEXANDER JOE / AFP)
Sudan: Ceasefire officially starts between warring generals  22 May 2023 - 11:39 pm
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Nigeria's outgoing president opens major oil plant 22 May 2023 - 07:56 pm
Outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (left) looks on with the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo at the presidential fleet review held at the Naval Dockyard in Lagos on May 22, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Alabi / AFP)
Killed as they slept: the worst school dormitory fires 22 May 2023 - 04:38 pm
Children rescued during a Mahdia secondary school dormitory fire are transferred by medical personnel to hospitals in Gorgetown, Guyana on May 22, 2023. (Photo by Royston Drakes / AFP)
At least 20 dead in Guyana school dormitory fire: govt 22 May 2023 - 12:58 pm
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Anti-migration operation on Mayotte stirs tensions 21 May 2023 - 11:11 pm
A man looks up as he dismantles his makeshift house in a shantytown of
Pope urges Sudan's warring sides to lay down arms as new cease-fire looms 21 May 2023 - 04:54 pm
Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from the diocese of Spoleto-Norcia, on May 20, 2023 during an audience at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP)
S.African ministers' lavish home expenses, raise eyebrows 21 May 2023 - 04:02 pm
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Ghana’s Public Debt Falls by a Fourth on External Obligations 20 May 2023 - 05:28 pm
A general view of the Makola market, one of the country's largest trading centres in Accra, Ghana, on March 26, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
South African para surfing teens dream of Olympic glory 20 May 2023 - 01:15 pm
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'I thought I was done': Africans evacuated from Sudan conflict share their stories 20 May 2023 - 11:05 am
Smoke rises above buildings in southern Khartoum on May 19, 2023, as violence between two rival Sudanese generals continues. (Photo by AFP)
Sudan's de facto leader Burhan sacks rival paramilitary general 19 May 2023 - 07:22 pm
File Photo: Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
UN says Sudan breaches of humanitarian pledge 'egregious' 18 May 2023 - 08:38 pm
A man walks down a road in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on May 18, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
S.Africa's blackouts force solar-powered town to life in the dark 18 May 2023 - 03:14 pm
An aerial view of the Frankfort photovoltaic solar plant in Frankfort on May 11, 2023. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed / AFP)
Over $3 billion needed for urgent aid in Sudan, Sudanese refugees: UN 17 May 2023 - 11:34 am
Smoke rises behind buildings in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on May 16, 2023. Photo by AFP
Comoros to accept migrants voluntarily returning from Mayotte 15 May 2023 - 06:42 pm
Terre to Petite-Terre, in the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte . December 8, 2019 / AFP / Ornella LAMBERTI