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World / Africa

Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Congo, two in Guinea 01 Mar 2021 - 09:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland//File Photo
Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigns 01 Mar 2021 - 07:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwe vice president Kembo Mohadi is seen at Singapore Casket, the funeral parlour where the body of the late former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was being held in Singapore September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim/File Photo
Ethiopia criticizes Amnesty report on massacre in Tigray town 27 Feb 2021 - 06:31 pm
File Photo: Reuters
School children abducted in Nigeria's Niger state released, governor says 27 Feb 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines 26 Feb 2021 - 03:55 pm
Workers offload boxes of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
In Kenya, electric fences protect forests from human destruction 25 Feb 2021 - 12:50 pm
Kenya Forest Service rangers work to maintain an electrical fence surrounding the Eburru forest reserve, Kenya, January 28, 2021. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Zimbabwe to buy 1.2 mln more COVID-19 vaccine doses from China 24 Feb 2021 - 09:29 pm
A health worker vaccinates a man against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Nigeria’s President Buhari sets up council to boost growth, cut poverty 24 Feb 2021 - 05:50 pm
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Ghana is first nation in world to receive COVAX vaccines 24 Feb 2021 - 01:26 pm
Workers offload boxes of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko
South Africa says J&J, Pfizer, Moderna vaccines those for "immediate use" 23 Feb 2021 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO/REUTERS
Senegal begins vaccinating against coronavirus with doses from China 23 Feb 2021 - 04:07 pm
A health worker preapres a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra
Italian ambassador killed in Congo while in UN convoy 22 Feb 2021 - 02:22 pm
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Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people 21 Feb 2021 - 08:15 pm
Rescuers and people gather near the debris from a Nigerian air force plane, which according to the aviation minister crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway, in Abuja, Nigeria February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Sudan floats currency, part of measures to overhaul economy 21 Feb 2021 - 02:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: People shop at a bazaar in Khartoum, Sudan, June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as Somali government forces seal off streets 19 Feb 2021 - 01:21 pm
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) drives on a sealed off street to prevent a protest over delayed elections in Mogadishu, Somalia February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Pfizer study another worry for South Africa's vaccine rollout 18 Feb 2021 - 08:20 pm
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen during a mass vaccination rollout in Ronda, Spain February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Silver monolith torched in Congo after mysterious appearance 17 Feb 2021 - 10:26 pm
Residents set fire to mysterious monolith that appeared in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe
Tanzanian politician's death of COVID-19 hints at concealed epidemic 17 Feb 2021 - 08:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: The opposition Civic United Front (CUF), Zanzibar's Second Vice-President Seif Sharif Hamad speaks during a news conference in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, January 11, 2016. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman/File Photo