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Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola 08 Nov 2022 - 01:26 pm
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Zimbabwe launches first nano-satellite 07 Nov 2022 - 09:12 pm
ZIMSAT-1 is a CubeSat like these. Credit: NASA
Court summons Kenya pilots' union over strike 07 Nov 2022 - 08:24 pm
A passenger approaches a Kenya Airways help desk that assists travelling passengers to re-book flights and hotels, on the second day of a strike by pilots organised by Kenya Airline Pilots Association, at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi on November 6, 2022. (AFP/ Simon Maina)
Kenya publishes loan documents for Chinese-built railway 07 Nov 2022 - 06:23 pm
Kenya's President William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his election win in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
DR Congo violates Rwanda airspace in "provocation", says govt 07 Nov 2022 - 05:54 pm
A Congolese soldier leads a session to enroll new recruits into the army to go to the front against the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebellion, in Goma, on November 7, 2022. (AFP/Alexis Huguet)
Pilot strike spurs Kenya Airways to cancel 80% of flights 07 Nov 2022 - 05:19 pm
Passengers sit next to their luggage, after their Kenya Airways flight was cancelled during a strike of Kenya Airways pilots, organised by Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, November 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi)
Africa's mega-cities look to mass transit to ease growing pains 07 Nov 2022 - 03:38 pm
Vehicles drive in chaotic traffic gridlock past yellow painted mini buses, popularly called Danfo, parked at Ojodu-Berger bus station in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, on October 19, 2022. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims 07 Nov 2022 - 02:54 pm
Rescuers search for survivors after a Precision Air flight that was carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, Tanzania on November 6, 2022. (Photo by SITIDE PROTASE / AFP)
UN food agency under strain in Malawi as refugees flee DR Congo 06 Nov 2022 - 09:05 pm
Congolese civilians carry their belongings as they flee near the Congolese border with Rwanda after fightings broke out in Kibumba, outside Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo May 24, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Sudan's Burhan warns Islamists to steer clear of army 06 Nov 2022 - 07:47 pm
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses delegates after signing a declaration of principles between Sudanese Transitional government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North, in Juba, South Sudan, on March 28, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
19 dead after plane crash-landing in Tanzania: PM 06 Nov 2022 - 06:43 pm
Rescuers attempt to recover the Precision Air passenger plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania, November 6, 2022. (REUTERS)
Equatorial Guinea accuses France, Spain, US of election 'interference' 06 Nov 2022 - 05:46 pm
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo attends a plenary session of the Paris Peace Forum, France, November 12, 2019. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS)
Gunmen release children kidnapped from Nigerian farm 06 Nov 2022 - 03:58 pm
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Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania 06 Nov 2022 - 11:57 am
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DR Congo and Rwanda ministers meet in Angola as tensions rise 05 Nov 2022 - 11:34 pm
Former president of Kenya and East African Community (EAC) facilitator on the peace process in the Eastern region of the Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uhuru Kenyatta (centre- left), and the President of Burundi and Chairperson of the EAC Heads of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye (centre-right, attend a consultation on the current security situation in eastern DRC, in Bujumbura on November 4, 2022. (Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP)
Uganda extends lockdowns as Ebola spreads 05 Nov 2022 - 09:24 pm
A woman and her child arrive for Ebola related investigation at the health facility at the Bwera General Hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, on June 14, 2019.  File Photo / Reuters
Missing cargo plane found in DR Congo: airport source 05 Nov 2022 - 08:48 pm
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Pilot strike disrupts Kenya Airways flights 05 Nov 2022 - 04:57 pm
Kenya Airways pilots gather at the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) offices, amid a strike by Kenya Airways pilots organised by-KALPA, at their offices next to Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi on November 5, 2022. (Photo by Simon MAINA / AFP)