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'World's oldest rhino' dies in Tanzania at 57 29 Dec 2019 - 06:05 pm
The rhino named Fausta is seen in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. December 29, 2019. /Reuters
DR Congo Ebola death toll 2,231 to date 29 Dec 2019 - 05:51 pm
Health workers carry a coffin containing a victim of Ebola virus in Butembo.  May 16, 2019.  / AFP / JOHN WESSELS
At least 90 people killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast 28 Dec 2019 - 05:38 pm
Somali soldiers secure the scene at a car bombing attack site in Mogadishu, on December 28, 2019.  AFP / Abdirazak Hussein FARAH
Car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 61, spokesman says 28 Dec 2019 - 11:31 am
A Somali police officer walks past a wreckage at the scene of a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia December 28, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Flushed with fear: South Africa's sewage system collapse a 'time bomb' 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm
Mike Gaade from water rights organisation SAVE, points to water in the distance from his home in Lochvaal, South Africa, 29 November 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Kim Harrisberg
Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine 25 Dec 2019 - 05:00 pm
Representative image: A fisherman prepares lanterns to attract sardines after sunset for their overnight fishing at Lake Kivu, Kibuye, western Rwanda, on November 18, 2019. AFP / Simon Wohlfahrt
Sierra Leone grants Idris Elba, wife honorary citizenship 20 Dec 2019 - 06:48 pm
Enlgish actor Idris Elba (R) and wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba arrive for the world premiere of
Young Chadians seek to solve blackouts, joblessness with social businesses 18 Dec 2019 - 11:34 pm
Youssouf Ali Mbodou poses for a portrait in his office in N'Djamena, Chad. November 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
Smart solar pumps use big data to stop Africa being sucked dry 17 Dec 2019 - 11:01 pm
A Kenyan farmer carries the hose of his solar water pump in Kisumu county, Kenya on June 2018. Photo Courtesy: Futurepump/Dan Odero
Room for the night: Priced-out residents seek shelter in abandoned Lagos buildings 17 Dec 2019 - 11:01 pm
A view of the central business district is seen from a rooftop in Lagos, Nigeria in this February 10, 2016 photo. Reuters / Akintunde Akinleye
Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo 17 Dec 2019 - 11:01 pm
A Congolese child washes her hands as a preventive measure against Ebola at the Church of Christ in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 20, 2018. Reuters / Kenny Katombe
Doctors kidnapped in Kenya 'are well,' Cuba says 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Representative image (Cuban gediatrician Alina Gonzalez, 57, examines an elderly woman at the Longevity Research Center)where she works in Havana on October 11, 2019. AFP / Yamil Lage)
Ten dead in latest massacre in eastern DR Congo 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm
File Photo: A woman reacts after five other women were killed in Paida, near Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 7, 2018. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic
Uganda's refugee farmers sow seeds of change 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm
Emily Bronte's wife cooks over a fire at the family's home in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. Yumbe district, Uganda. Picture taken Nov. 29, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claire Cozens
Ethiopia tensions could force election delay: report 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed with parliament speaker Muferiat Kamil inside the House of Peoples Representatives in Addis Ababa, July 6, 2018. Reuters / Tiksa Negeri
Report accuses Malawi police of extrajudicial killings 15 Dec 2019 - 08:14 pm
An aerial view of fishing boats on the shore of the Lake Malawi at the Senga village on May 20, 2019 in Senga, Malawi. AFP / Gianluigi Guercia
Boko Haram kill 19 Nigeria herders in clashes: sources 15 Dec 2019 - 02:08 pm
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Rebel attack on Congolese city leaves 6 dead 14 Dec 2019 - 04:07 pm
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