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8 killed in DR Congo's Beni, residents burn town hall 25 Nov 2019 - 10:37 am
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Namibia's ex-minister arrested, freed over fishing graft scandal 24 Nov 2019 - 08:17 pm
Esau and justice minister Sakeus Shanghala resigned last week after they were named in documents published by Wikileaks in which Iceland-based multinational fishing company Samherji is suspected of bribing senior Namibian officials for continued access to
Plane crash kills at least 18 in eastern Congo 24 Nov 2019 - 02:22 pm
Residents react after a small aircraft carrying around 15 passengers crashed in a densely populated area in Goma on the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 24, 2019. AFP / Pamela Tulizo
Namibia's first female candidate vows to 'restore dignity' 24 Nov 2019 - 01:20 pm
Namibian party National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) presidential candidate Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (C) addresses her supporters during a presidential campaign rally at the UN plaza on November 23, 2019 in Windhoek, Namibia. AFP / HILDEGARD TITUS
Light plane crashes into DR Congo city: witnesses, airline 24 Nov 2019 - 11:59 am
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One killed, many wounded as DR Congo police fire on protesters 23 Nov 2019 - 04:38 pm
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2 dead, 9 missing after fishing boat sinks off Morocco 23 Nov 2019 - 04:37 pm
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Tanzanian anger as aircraft seized in Canada 23 Nov 2019 - 02:38 pm
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At least 24 dead in landslides in Western Kenya 23 Nov 2019 - 01:41 pm
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Zimbabwe's vice president returns after four months in China receiving medical treatment 23 Nov 2019 - 11:28 am
 FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga speaks at a mining investment conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 28, 2018.REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
South Africa court to rule next week on Zuma's appeal against graft trial 22 Nov 2019 - 09:00 pm
Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane (2ndL), part of former South African President Jacob Zuma's legal team, speaks to advocate Anton Katz (R), legal representative of the French Defence company Thales, before the trail of South Africa's embattled former president Ja
Mobile phone warnings set to aid climate-vulnerable Somali nomads 21 Nov 2019 - 10:45 pm
An internally displaced man looks at the carcasses of his goats and sheep in the outskirts of Dahar town of Puntland state in northeastern Somalia, December 15, 2016. Reuters/Feisal Omar
South African family brings body to insurance office for burial money 21 Nov 2019 - 06:18 pm
In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, two women can be seen schlepping a blue plastic body bag into an insurance office as stunned clients look on.
South African Airways suspends flights to Hong Kong to curb losses 21 Nov 2019 - 12:55 pm
Passengers board a South African Airways plane at the Port Elizabeth International Airport in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Homes, land destroyed as desperate Zimbabweans turn to illegal gold mining 20 Nov 2019 - 10:54 pm
A man counts bond notes near a vegetable market in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 23, 2019. Reuters / Philimon Bulawayo
Thunberg, Cameroon peace activist receive children’s award 20 Nov 2019 - 10:06 pm
Indian children's right's activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi (L) presents the International Children's Peace Prize 2019 to German climate activist Luisa Neubauer (C) and Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum in The Hague on
Ethiopia's Sidama people vote on regional state 20 Nov 2019 - 10:00 am
In this file photo taken on July 15, 2019 The unofficial green, blue and red flag of the advocated region for the Sidama ethnic group (L), the largest in southern Ethiopia, flies next to the Ethiopian national standard at Hawassa city during celebrations
Camel-riding gunmen kill six in Nigeria 18 Nov 2019 - 02:39 pm
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