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Pope urges end to ethnic hatred at open-air mass in South Sudan 05 Feb 2023 - 06:35 pm
This handout photo taken and released on February 5, 2023 by the Vatican Media shows the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir greeting Pope Francis before the Pope departs South Sudan, at the Juba International Airport in Juba. (Photo by VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
South African Deputy President Mabuza quits ahead of cabinet reshuffle 04 Feb 2023 - 11:46 pm
ANC Deputy President David Mabuza sips a hot drink during the nomination process on December 17 2022 at Nasrec during the 55th ANC national conference. Image: Alaister Russell
East African leaders urge 'immediate ceasefire' in east DR Congo 04 Feb 2023 - 11:01 pm
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (left) is greeted by Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye as he arrives for the extraordinary Summit of East African Community Heads of State at the state house in Bujumbura, Burundi, on February 4, 2023. (Photo by Tchandrou Nitanga / AFP)
Pope meets victims of war on South Sudan peace pilgrimage 04 Feb 2023 - 09:21 pm
Pope Francis looks on during the Ecumenical prayer at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, on February 4, 2023. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
Nigeria tests voter accreditation ahead of polls 04 Feb 2023 - 08:44 pm
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials verify voters during a mock accreditation exercise organised by the INEC at Enitan Primary School at Surulere in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 4, 2023. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
Ethiopia govt says sending funds to cash-strapped Tigray 04 Feb 2023 - 07:07 pm
In this file photo taken on February 05, 2022 Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Two killed in attack on Ethiopian Orthodox church: report 04 Feb 2023 - 06:14 pm
In this file photo taken on June 05, 2022 Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, stands for a moment of silence during a ceremony of honoring members of the Federal Police Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)
Nine killed in attack on Niger refugee camp: sources 04 Feb 2023 - 04:32 pm
Niger soldiers stand guard on October 21, 2016 at the Tazalit United Nations refugee camp in the Tahoua region, some 300 kilometres northeast of the capital Niamey, where militants had killed 22 soldiers on October 7, 2016. Boureima Hama, AFP
Ethiopian prime minister holds first meeting with Tigray leaders since peace deal 03 Feb 2023 - 09:38 pm
In this file photo taken on February 05, 2022 Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other government officials on February 3, 2023 held their first meeting with Tigrayan leaders since a November peace deal, state media reported.
Leaders from East Africa to hold talks on DR Congo unrest 03 Feb 2023 - 09:37 pm
A member (C) of Pope Francis' delegation makes his way to the plane for departure from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at the N'djili International Airport in Kinshasa, DRC, on February 3, 2023.
Cash and fuel crisis cranks up Nigeria election tensions 03 Feb 2023 - 08:19 pm
A man sits at a bus stop decorated with electoral campaign posters of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, with his running mate Kashim Shettima, ahead of Nigeria's Presidential election, in Lagos, Nigeria January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
S. African president shoots down plan to sponsor Tottenham 03 Feb 2023 - 06:27 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to questions in parliament surrounding cash allegedly kept on his private farm, and on frequent power outages, as South Africa's struggling power utility Eskom implements regular power cuts, in Cape Town, South Africa, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
Cash and fuel crisis cranks up Nigeria election tensions 03 Feb 2023 - 04:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed speaks during a panel discussion at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2022. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
Kenyan police sentenced for murder of rights lawyer 03 Feb 2023 - 04:27 pm
Former police officers and primary suspects in the murder of rights lawyer Willie Kimani and two others in 2016, Sergeant Fredlick ole Leliman (R) and his fellow officers Stephen Cheburet (2R), Sylvia Wanjiku (2L) along with a police informant, Peter Ngugi (L) stand in the dock during their sentencing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Pope Francis takes peace mission to S. Sudan after DR Congo 03 Feb 2023 - 02:48 pm
Attendees cheer ahead of the arrival of Pope Francis at the Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, on February 3, 2023. - Pope Francis is scheduled to land in Juba, in the first visit to South Sudan by a pope since the predominantly Christian nation gained independence from Muslim-majority Sudan in 2011 after decades of bloody struggle. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Cameroon makes arrests after journalist's death 02 Feb 2023 - 09:24 pm
Cameroon President Paul Biya. File photo / Reuters
South Africa’s Eskom board decides to eliminate COO position 02 Feb 2023 - 09:10 pm
An illuminated signboard on display outside the Eskom Regional Office in Braamfontein, Johannesburg during load-shedding (rolling blackout) on 31 January, 2023. (AFP)
UN rights expert in Sudan urges security reforms, accountability 02 Feb 2023 - 08:03 pm
The newly-appointed UN human rights expert, Radhouane Nouicer, holds a press conference during his visit to Sudan, in Khartoum on February 2, 2023. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / 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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