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Tiger euthanised in South Africa after escaping from private home 18 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Members of a local community policing forum search the nearby bushes for Sheba, an eight-year-old tiger that escaped from a nearby farm in the Walkerville area on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa on January 16, 2023 REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
Abducted Burkina women flee jihadist gunmen through bush 18 Jan 2023 - 07:59 pm
A woman pushes a barrel filled with water on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 30, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Davos 2023: Egypt sees high demand from investors after currency drop, says minister 18 Jan 2023 - 06:45 pm
General view of hotels, banks and office buildings by the Nile River in Egypt, on September 12, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Uber resumes services in Tanzania 18 Jan 2023 - 03:06 pm
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Congolese president says M23 rebels have not withdrawn as agreed 17 Jan 2023 - 11:10 pm
Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi speaks at Conservation, Climate Adaptation, and a Just Energy Transition forum, during the US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022, in Washington, US, December 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Nigeria will not postpone presidential vote, says election chief 17 Jan 2023 - 09:09 pm
Motorcycle taxi drivers carry passengers as they ride past campaign posters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in Ibadan, south-west of Nigeria on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Alabi / AFP)
War-torn Libya donates food supplies to fill bare Tunisia shelves 17 Jan 2023 - 07:57 pm
Libyan trucks carrying various food products pass the Ras Jedir border post with Tunisia, early on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Libyan Government of National Unity / AFP)
Tunisia president's former top aide jailed in absentia: media reports 17 Jan 2023 - 06:37 pm
In this file photo taken on September 02, 2020, Nadia Akacha, senior advisor to the Tunisian President in charge of Legal Affairs, attends the new government swearing-in ceremony at Carthage Palace on the eastern outskirts of the capital Tunis, following a confidence vote by parliament.  (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Somalia to Issue First New Banknotes in More Than Three Decades 17 Jan 2023 - 05:08 pm
Ali Yasin WardheerePhotographer: Mohamed Sheikh Nor/Bloomberg
Nigerians flock to get voting cards as election looms 17 Jan 2023 - 09:05 am
Three main candidates are vying to replace President Muhammadu Buhari (Reuters file photo).
Cleanup at Congo church begins after blast kills 14 16 Jan 2023 - 10:57 pm
File Photo: Demonstrators march during a protest by Congo's Catholic and Protestant churches, against escalating violence in the east of the country, in Kinshasa, DRC. (REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo)
Swiss prosecutors nearing decision on Gambian ex-minister 16 Jan 2023 - 09:21 pm
Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of The Gambia during the reign of Yahya Jammeh, is actually prosecuted in Switzerland on suspicion of
South Africa's Eskom to reduce power cuts but long-term outlook bleak 16 Jan 2023 - 08:48 pm
Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, on September 28, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Foreign investors pour $925m into Egypt since Wednesday 16 Jan 2023 - 07:16 pm
A man counts Egyptian pounds outside a bank in Cairo, Egypt on October 24, 2016. File Photo / Reuters
Zimbabwe’s gold coins sell above $2,000 each for the first time 16 Jan 2023 - 06:57 pm
The 'Mosi-oa-Tunya' gold coin. (Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images)
Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso 16 Jan 2023 - 05:51 pm
Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traore is escorted by soldiers while he stands in an armoured vehicle in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on October 2, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Senegal road crash kills 20, wounds 24 16 Jan 2023 - 05:44 pm
A general view of an accident scene near Sakal, northern Senegal, on January 16, 2023 where nineteen people were killed when a bus and a truck collided. (Photo by Ousseynou Diop / AFP)
Somalia says it has seized key port town from al Shabaab 16 Jan 2023 - 05:41 pm
File Photo: Somali military officers march in a parade during celebrations to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Somali National Armed Forces in Mogadishu, Somalia April 12, 2022. (REUTERS/Feisal Omar)