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Equatorial Guinea votes with veteran ruler set for sixth term 20 Nov 2022 - 11:01 pm
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo speaks after casting his ballot at the polling station of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malabo during Equatorial Guinea's presidential, legislative and municipal elections on November 20, 2022.  (Photo by Samuel OBIANG / AFP)
Bill Gates pledges $7 billion to boost health, agriculture in Africa 17 Nov 2022 - 07:07 pm
Reuters file photo
Top Ugandan rights groups file case against internet law 17 Nov 2022 - 05:18 pm
The bill was signed into law by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni BADRU KATUMBA AFP/File
Sudan's pro-democracy coalition seeks "framework agreement" with the military  16 Nov 2022 - 08:00 pm
Protesters march during a rally against military rule following the last coup, in Khartoum, Sudan July 31, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo
Ugandan leader says anti-Ebola efforts starting to succeed 15 Nov 2022 - 11:11 pm
File Photo: Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. (REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa)
Biafran separatist leader's brother challenges UK in London court 15 Nov 2022 - 07:08 pm
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is seen at the Federal high court Abuja, Nigeria January 20, 2016. File Photo / Reuters.
South Africa's Ramaphosa brushes aside calls to quit 13 Nov 2022 - 08:45 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, on September 29, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
South Africa's Ramaphosa focuses on the poor as he seeks ANC re-election 13 Nov 2022 - 07:57 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to National Assembly members' questions in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
After Ethiopia peace deal, what's ahead is 'more consequential': rebels 13 Nov 2022 - 07:19 pm
Getachew Reda (centre), the advisor to the President of Tigray Region and the spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), listens during the signing ceremony of the declaration of the senior commanders meeting on the implementation of the Ethiopia permanent cessation of hostilities agreement between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in Nairobi on November 12, 2022. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Uganda confirms Ebola case in country's east as outbreak expands 13 Nov 2022 - 01:34 pm
Uganda Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng speaks during a news conference on the rising Ebola cases, in Kampala, Uganda, October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo
Ethiopia combatants sign deal to start implementing truce 12 Nov 2022 - 09:05 pm
Field Marshal of the Ethiopian National Defence Force and Chief of General Staff of Ethiopia Birhanu Jula and Tadesse Werede Tesfay, the Commander-in-Chief of the Tigray forces, exchange documents after the signing of the implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces, laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Kenyan court drops $60 million corruption case against deputy president 10 Nov 2022 - 06:09 pm
Kenya's President William Ruto poses for a photograph with his deputy Rigathi Gachagua during their swearing-in ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, September 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)
DR Congo military, rebels resume fighting: residents 09 Nov 2022 - 11:46 pm
Senegalese peacekeepers with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and Congolese police officers patrol the city of Goma, on November 9, 2022.  (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)
WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray 09 Nov 2022 - 09:44 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 24, 2021.  File Photo / Reuters
Zimbabwe miners say costs, power shortages dampen 2023 growth prospects 09 Nov 2022 - 03:45 pm
A truck is seen loaded with rocks for processing at an open pit at Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe, on October 22, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Congo expels Reuters reporter 09 Nov 2022 - 12:33 pm
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Court orders striking Kenya Airways pilots back to work 08 Nov 2022 - 05:48 pm
This file photo taken on November 05, 2022, shows Kenya Airways planes at the parking bay amid a strike by pilots organised by Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi. (AFP/Simon Maina)
Tanzania plane crash survivors, rescuers describe heroics laced with tragedy 08 Nov 2022 - 02:48 pm
Workers use a crane to pull the crashed Precision Air aircraft out of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania, on November 8, 2022. Photo by Sitide Protase / AFP