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Burkina announces French army operation officially over 19 Feb 2023 - 09:28 pm
A demonstrator holds placards during a protest to support Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Algeria announces $1 billion for African development 19 Feb 2023 - 08:13 pm
Algeria's Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane looks on during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the Africa Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)
Sudan paramilitary chief calls coup 'gateway' for return of ousted regime 19 Feb 2023 - 06:54 pm
File Photo: Deputy head of Sudan's ruling council Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. (Reuters)
Kenya's Ruto urges accountability for world polluters 19 Feb 2023 - 06:53 pm
Kenyan President William Ruto looks on during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the Africa Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)
Nigeria's presidential frontrunners in final push for votes 19 Feb 2023 - 04:09 pm
Supporters sit on a truck during an All progressives Congress (APC) rally in Maiduguri on February 18, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential elections scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)
China says it plans naval exercises with Russia, South Africa 19 Feb 2023 - 12:29 pm
Protesters from Ukrainian Association of SA and civil society activists take part in a demonstration at the Umhlanga beach in Durban on February 18, 2023, against South Africa's joint military exercise with Russia and China along its eastern coast city of Richards Bay. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
Tunisia's Saied expels Europe's top trade unionist for 'interference' 18 Feb 2023 - 11:17 pm
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration called by the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official, in Tunisia's second city of Sfax, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by IMED HADDAD / AFP)
Free trade, armed conflict dominate African Union summit 18 Feb 2023 - 07:09 pm
A general view of the opening session of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Thousands of Nigerians rally a week before crucial vote 18 Feb 2023 - 06:44 pm
A woman looks over a bridge in Lagos on February 18, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
Mali PM cuts short visit north over security fears 18 Feb 2023 - 06:37 pm
Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga.
Nigeria police deploy for security before presidential vote 17 Feb 2023 - 07:04 pm
A woman walks past Nigerian police officers at a roadblock at Mile12 Market in Lagos on February 17, 2023, where violence flared up earlier in the day. - Protesters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in various Nigerian cities as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Families rejoice as Ivory Coast border opens after years of Covid closure 17 Feb 2023 - 06:00 pm
An Ivorian Police officer watches travellers get off a bus from Niger, at the Ivorian-Ghanaian border a few hours after its reopening in Noe on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
South Africa's Bavuma named as first black African Test captain 17 Feb 2023 - 05:50 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 09, 2022 South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma takes the catch to dismiss India's Ruturaj Gaikwad (not pictured) during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. - South Africa on February 17, 2023 named Temba Bavuma as their first Black African Test captain, replacing axed Dean Elgar. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
Lagos in protest over cash crisis 17 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
A woman buys fruits from a street vendor nexy to a campaign poster of presidential candidate of the ruling Action Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate Kashim Shettima in a market in Lagos on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Anti-junta protesters clash with Guinea security forces 16 Feb 2023 - 09:54 pm
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Senegal police smash car, forcibly remove opposition leader 16 Feb 2023 - 09:32 pm
Supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko demonstrate at the courthouse where his defamation trial against the Senegal Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang is being held in Dakar on February 16, 2023. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
Ethiopia church split resolved amid social media suspension 16 Feb 2023 - 06:50 pm
Abune Mathias, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church prays on February 06, 2023. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP
Africa CDC expects Mpox vaccines to arrive within 2 weeks 16 Feb 2023 - 06:00 pm
China's Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, left, and African Union Commission (AUC) chair Moussa Faki Mahamat attend the inauguration of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 11, 2023.

Americas

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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Middle East

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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