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Moroccan rescuers dig to save boy stuck down well for 2 days 04 Feb 2022 - 01:41 pm
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In world first, S.Africa's Afrigen makes mRNA COVID vaccine using Moderna data 03 Feb 2022 - 08:41 pm
A production scientist works with samples during a visit by representatives of the Medicines Patent Pool, France and other European Union member states, at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town, South Africa, February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians
Moroccan rescuers dig down to save boy trapped in well 03 Feb 2022 - 07:30 pm
A general view shows the site where rescuers are working to reach a five-year-old boy trapped in a well in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco February 5, 2022. REUTERS/Thami Nouas
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 harder to identify, found in 5 African nations: WHO 03 Feb 2022 - 03:11 pm
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Africa CDC's Nkengasong says sub-variant of Omicron not yet of concern 03 Feb 2022 - 01:54 pm
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South African grid collapse concern prompts utility to resume power cuts 02 Feb 2022 - 03:07 pm
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Guinea-Bissau's President says situation 'under control' after attempted coup 02 Feb 2022 - 09:41 am
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks to the media in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, February 1, 2022, in this still image obtained from social media. Radio Bantaba/via Reuters
South Africa scraps isolation for COVID positive people with no symptoms 31 Jan 2022 - 11:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects a swab for a PCR test against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
Algeria reports first case of covid's BA.2 Omicron sub variant - TV 30 Jan 2022 - 10:16 pm
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Storm Ana deaths rise to 88 as second storm brews to Africa's east 28 Jan 2022 - 03:32 pm
Locals look at a wreck washed away during Tropical Storm Ana on the flooded Shire river, an outlet of Lake Malawi at the village of Thabwa in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara/File Photo
Nine Doctors Without Borders members released in Sudan, medical group says 25 Jan 2022 - 03:51 pm
People attend a march during a protest against military rule following last month's coup in Khartoum, Sudan, January 24, 2022. REUTERS.
Stadium stampede kills eight in Africa Cup of Nations soccer match 25 Jan 2022 - 03:14 pm
General view of Cameroon fans inside the stadium REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp: Sources 24 Jan 2022 - 12:06 pm
Bullet holes are seen in a car that belongs to the presidency following heavy gunfire near the president Roch Kabore residence in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso January 24, 2022. Reuters/Thiam Ndiaga
Heavy gunfire heard in Burkina barracks, gov't denies army takeover 23 Jan 2022 - 12:03 pm
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Heavy gunfire heard at military camp in Burkina Faso capital 23 Jan 2022 - 10:08 am
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Road accident in Ghana causes huge explosion, deaths 20 Jan 2022 - 09:48 pm
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UN: Food aid in Ethiopia's Tigray now at 'all-time lowest' 20 Jan 2022 - 06:36 pm
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Africa CDC says it will talk to Merck about COVID pill, Pfizer talks 'advanced' 20 Jan 2022 - 01:22 pm
John Nkengasong, Africa's Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri