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Kenya warns locust swarm is spreading, threatening food security 10 Jan 2020 - 02:24 pm
Desert Locusts are seen in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo
Malawi police fire teargas on protesters denouncing rapes 09 Jan 2020 - 10:12 pm
In this aerial view fishing boats are seen on the shore of the Lake Malawi at the Senga village on May 20, 2019 in Senga, Malawi. AFP / Gianluigi Guercia
Twenty wounded in northern Mali rocket attack on UN base 09 Jan 2020 - 01:24 pm
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Niger urged to work with traffickers to curb violence 08 Jan 2020 - 11:37 pm
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US imposes sanctions on South Sudanese vice president 08 Jan 2020 - 08:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley greets South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai next to South Sudan President Salva Kiir, in Juba, South Sudan October 25, 2017. Reuters/Jok Solomun
Kenyan lawyer says he is blocked from returning home 08 Jan 2020 - 05:43 pm
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Kenyan police arrest three for trying to breach British army camp 06 Jan 2020 - 01:01 pm
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Al-Shabab attacks military base used by US forces in Kenya 05 Jan 2020 - 05:36 pm
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Power cuts return to South Africa 05 Jan 2020 - 03:19 pm
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Islamist group al Shabaab attacks Kenya base used by Kenyan, US forces 05 Jan 2020 - 09:50 am
Kenyan police officers check vehicles on a road after a bus, travelling from the coastal region of Lamu to the town of Malindi, was ambushed by gunmen in Lamu county, southeast Kenya, on January 2, 2020. AFP / STRINGER
Fourteen killed in bomb attack on bus convoy in Burkina Faso 05 Jan 2020 - 09:18 am
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Zimbabwe's parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water 02 Jan 2020 - 07:16 pm
A woman and her children carrying water cans fetched from a tank installed at a church in Luveve on the outskirts of Bulawayo on November 24, 2016 AFP / Zinyange Auntony
3 killed as gunmen attack bus near Kenya's border with Somalia 02 Jan 2020 - 06:14 pm
In this file photo taken on January 15, 2019 Special forces protect people at the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb. AFP / Luis Tato
Ugandan walkers plant trees to keep the climate fit 31 Dec 2019 - 08:59 pm
Members of the Walkers Association of Uganda plant trees outside a major factory in Kampala, Uganda, November 14, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/John Okot
Angola freezes assets of ex-president's daughter over corruption allegations 31 Dec 2019 - 11:50 am
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol, speaks during an interview in Luanda, Angola June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ed Cropley
Eighteen killed in new militia attack in eastern DR Congo 30 Dec 2019 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: A soldier from the the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo standing in position outside an FARDC camp during a patrol in Beni on November 13, 2018. AFP / John Wessels
French tourist injured in Seychelles shark attack 30 Dec 2019 - 10:40 am
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Guinea-Bissau votes in presidential runoff to end turmoil 29 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm
A Guinea-Bissau soldier casts his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Bissau, on December 29, 2019. / AFP / SEYLLOU

Americas

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after an explosion in an industrial area of Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on November 15, 2025. Powerful explosions rocked an industrial area and ignited a fire south of Buenos Aires on the night of November 14, 2025, officials said, with at least 22 people sent to the hospital. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP Huge fire sparked by explosions near Argentine capital 'contained'
Former first lady Michelle Obama addresses the crowd at the When We All Vote Rally outside Atlanta, a campaign appearance stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris last year. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post Michelle Obama says America is ‘not ready’ for a female president
Visitors walk through the recently re-opened National Museum of American History on November 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl/Getty Images/AFP 'So happy': Tourists flock to Washington museums after US shutdown
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off at Launch Complex 36 in its second launch attempt at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on November 13, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images/AFP Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing

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Displaced Palestinian walk past a vehicle carrying others west of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, on November 15, 2025 as a low-pressure system impacts the area. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) Over 900 Gaza patients die due to medical evacuation delay, WHO warns
Iranians perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Stringer / AFP Iran begins cloud seeding operations as severe drought bites
Paniz Faryoussefi, the first woman to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, leads the ensemble at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran on November 13, 2025. (Photo by AFP) Iran's first woman orchestra conductor inspires
Iranians perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Authorities in Tehran warned last week of possible rolling cuts to water supplies in the capital amid what officials call the worst drought in decades. (Photo by AFP) Hundreds in Tehran pray for rain as Iran battles drought

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