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Ethiopian dissident Eskinder Nega arrested: political party 26 Feb 2023 - 04:25 pm
Ethiopian jounalist Eskinder Nega gestures from a car after being released from Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, on February 14, 2018. File photo / AFP
Nigeria tallies votes for new president 26 Feb 2023 - 12:50 pm
A man points at a newspaper in Lagos, on February 26, 2023, the day after Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)
Nigeria counts votes after tight election hit by long delays 26 Feb 2023 - 12:25 am
People watch as ballot papers are counted at a polling station in Abuja on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Hundreds rally in Tunis against 'racist' official stance 25 Feb 2023 - 08:53 pm
Ivorians gather in front of the Ivory Coast embassy for their repatriation to Abidjan, on February 24, 2023 in Tunis. - Tunisian President Kais Saied called the previous for his government to take care of
Triple blasts wound 18 at Cameroon marathon 25 Feb 2023 - 08:40 pm
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya. Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP
More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso, extremists say 25 Feb 2023 - 05:41 pm
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Nigerians defy election delays with hope for change 25 Feb 2023 - 05:09 pm
Motorist drive in Kano, Nigeria on February 24, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential elections scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON / AFP)
Nigerians vote for new president in tight election race 25 Feb 2023 - 02:40 pm
Armed Nigerian army officers sit inside a military vehicle parked outside the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Awka, Nigeria, on February 24, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential elections scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
Nigeria prepares for crucial presidential vote Saturday 24 Feb 2023 - 11:08 pm
A passenger reads a book on the last train for Kaduna at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja on February 24, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Nigeria seizes 'vote-buying' cash hours before polls 24 Feb 2023 - 10:08 pm
An official of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prepares document ahead of the February 25 presidential election at the commission's headquarters at Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP)
Tunisia arrests opposition figure in escalating crackdown 24 Feb 2023 - 05:27 pm
File Photo: Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia, February 27, 2020. (Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS)
Land borders closed, banks shut ahead of Nigerian elections 24 Feb 2023 - 02:30 pm
A voters' register is left on a rope at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after attacks earlier in the year by unknown gunmen at Ojoto in Idemili South district of Anambra State in southeast Nigeria, on February 16, 2023.
South Africa's Eskom gets interim head after CEO abrupt leave 24 Feb 2023 - 01:42 pm
An illuminated signboard on display outside the Eskom Regional Office in Braamfontein, Johannesburg during load-shedding (rolling blackout) on 31 January, 2023. (AFP)
Jill Biden's White House M&Ms a hit with giddy Namibian kids 23 Feb 2023 - 11:28 pm
US First Lady Jill Biden and Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos (3rd right) meet two mothers, Linea and Monica, and their children that are beneficiaries of Development Aid from People to People (DAPP), at the Hope Initiative Southern Africa in Windhoek on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Tara Mette / AFP)
Amid crackdown on dissent, Tunisian leader turns on migrants 23 Feb 2023 - 11:02 pm
A sub-Saharan African woman (centre) looks for clothes in a thrift store in the popular Ariana souk near Tunis on February 22, 2023. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso 23 Feb 2023 - 07:15 pm
A military official stands next to a banner reflecting the face of Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou on February 23, 2023, ahead of the reburial ceremony of Thomas Sankara's remains alongside his twelve companions, killed on October 15, 1987. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Lioness escapes moving truck in South Africa 23 Feb 2023 - 05:46 pm
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Nigeria's youth set to shape the outcome of elections 23 Feb 2023 - 12:22 pm
Supporters chant party slogans next to a banner of the candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi during a campaign rally of the party in Lagos, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the commemoration of the 134th anniversary of the National Police and the promotion of officers at the General Santander Police Academy in Bogota on November 13, 2025. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/ AFP) Petro makes historic raise to Colombia's 2026 minimum wage
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 30, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Maxim Shemetov / AFP) Trump has 'positive' call with Putin on Ukraine: White House
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Members of Myanmar Union Election commission (UEC) count ballots after the closing of polls at a polling station in the first phase of Myanmar general election in Yangon on December 28, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/ AFP) Polls close in first round of Myanmar's election

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A Palestinian woman arrives with a child at the Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on new year's Eve, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) UN Rights Chief condemns Israeli move to suspend humanitarian groups in Gaza
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