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Kenya to reopen schools for some as virus cases drop 06 Oct 2020 - 11:34 pm
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Sudan, rebel groups ink landmark peace deal 03 Oct 2020 - 05:17 pm
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Chad President Idriss Deby attend the signing of peace agreement between the Sudan's transitional government and Sudanese revolutionary movements to en
Rwanda genocide survivors want speedy trial for Kabuga, but court faces delays 01 Oct 2020 - 04:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Eric Emeraux, head of the Gendarmerie's Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity, Genocides and War Crimes (OCLCH), displays documents with a wanted poster depicting a photograph of Felicien Kabuga during an interview with Reuters
International flights land in S.Africa as borders reopen 01 Oct 2020 - 02:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: Two Airbus A320neo airplanes of German carrier Lufthansa are parked as air traffic is affected by the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Frankfurt, Germany, March 23, 2020. Arne Dedert/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Flooding devastates farms in parts of Sudan: UN 30 Sep 2020 - 06:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A truck is seen in the waters of the Blue Nile floods within the Al-Ikmayr area of Omdurman in Khartoum, Sudan August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Pandemic pushes forward new generation of African cyclists 30 Sep 2020 - 03:51 pm
Cyprine Odada (C), organiser for the Nairobi chapter of Critical Mass, a global alliance of cycling organisations that campaigns for better road safety, gestures among cyclists as they commemorate a friend who was killed while cycling in Nairobi, Kenya Se
Guinea election a 'war,' says president 23 Sep 2020 - 04:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Guinea President Alpha Conde arrives for an African Union summit meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Botswana says toxins in water killed hundreds of elephants 21 Sep 2020 - 03:20 pm
In this file photo taken on May 25, 2020 and provided on July 3, 2020 courtesy of the National Park Rescue charity shows the carcass of one of the many elephants which have died mysteriously in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL PARK RESC
Fire ravages Uganda's top university 20 Sep 2020 - 02:44 pm
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Witnesses say cargo plane crashes at airport in Mogadishu 19 Sep 2020 - 11:14 am
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Nigeria govt says doctor strike 'ill-timed' due to pandemic 09 Sep 2020 - 09:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr Aliyu Sokomba, President of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is seen during a news conference to announce the commencement of national resident doctors strike, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection continues to rise in
Virus-hit Morocco locks down Casablanca, shuts schools 07 Sep 2020 - 10:44 pm
Students attend the first day of classes amid measures put in place by Moroccan authorities in bid to stop the spread of Covid-19, in the city of Sale on September 7, 2020. Morocco has seen a spike in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. It recorded 2,234 n
Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour 07 Sep 2020 - 12:29 am
Flooding is seen in Lycee de Yoff Village in Dakar, Senegal, September 5, 2020, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Twitter/MouhammadCISS/Social Media via REUTERS.
Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour 06 Sep 2020 - 03:43 pm
Flooding is seen in Lycee de Yoff Village in Dakar, Senegal, September 5, 2020.
DR Congo prisoners dying from hunger: NGO 05 Sep 2020 - 03:18 pm
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Kenyans fear 'ecological disaster' if two swollen lakes merge 04 Sep 2020 - 12:47 pm
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Zimbabwe finds more elephant carcasses, death toll at 22 02 Sep 2020 - 07:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Zimbabwe suspects elephants died from bacterial infection 01 Sep 2020 - 02:26 pm
A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo