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Pirates kidnap four crew from Greek boat off Togo - Togo navy 04 Nov 2019 - 03:49 pm
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The 'Brave Ones': Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fighting poaching 03 Nov 2019 - 06:52 pm
New recruits, coming from a disadvantaged and abusive background, arrive to start a selection process to join the Akashinga Ranger training programme in Phundundu, Zimbabwe on September 16, 2019.  AFP / Gianluigi Guercia
New cocoa deals help peasant farmers, but not enough 03 Nov 2019 - 09:10 am
A farmer carries a bucket of cocoa beans at a cocoa farm in Azaguie, Ivory Coast. October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22,2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Mali says 54 killed in militant attack on army post 02 Nov 2019 - 10:51 am
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Malawi court suspends wearing of wigs and gowns as temperatures soar 02 Nov 2019 - 12:04 am
Judges wearing wigs attend a ceremony to mark the beginning of the legal year in Hong Kong, China January 8, 2018. Reuters/Bobby Yip
Gambian women testify about sex abuse under ex-president Jammeh 02 Nov 2019 - 12:04 am
An image grab taken on December 3, 2016 from a video of the Gambia and Television Services broadcasted on December 2, 2016 in Banjul shows Yahya Jammeh speaking during a press conference.
Inaugurated, Bostwana's Masisi pledges to diversify economy away from diamonds 01 Nov 2019 - 02:08 pm
File photo of President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi speaks at a session at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
Senegal launches online database to track the traffickers 30 Oct 2019 - 11:37 pm
Reuters file photo / Francis Mascarenhas
Men sweeping? Women inheriting? Rural Kenya shakes up gender roles 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm
Moses Njiru hangs laundry to dry at his home in Ishiara, in Kenya's Embu County, October 12, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Carorline Wambui
South Sudan's Machar urges delay to unity government as peace efforts stall 30 Oct 2019 - 02:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir shakes hands with ex-vice president and former rebel leader Riek Machar during their meeting in Juba, South Sudan, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jok Solomun/File Photo
Nigerian pastor accused of abusing children who fled Boko Haram 29 Oct 2019 - 06:51 pm
Representative image: A woman and her child rest on June 26, 2019 in Benin City, at one of the shelters of the Society For the Empowerment Of Young Persons. AFP / Fati Abubakar
Kenya issues smart ID cards to protect fishing and forests 28 Oct 2019 - 10:05 pm
Armed fishermen return from a fishing expedition aboard a boat on March 24, 2017 near Lowarengak, on the western shores of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya. AFP / Tony Karumba
From hotbed of crime to joggers' paradise: Nairobi forest thrives 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
People run in Karura forest, Nairobi on September 17, 2019.  AFP / Simon Maina
Deadly Ethiopia unrest poses fresh challenge to Nobel winner 24 Oct 2019 - 06:26 pm
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a session with the Members of the Parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 22, 2019. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri
Ethiopia sees rise in businesses doing good as economy opens up 23 Oct 2019 - 10:47 pm
A woman rescued from prostitution makes jewellery from bullet casings at Ethiopian social enterprise Ellilta Products in Addis Ababa,October 22, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Belinda Goldsmith
African slum map exposes true scale of urban poverty 23 Oct 2019 - 10:16 pm
A child stands behind pit latrines made of rusted iron sheets in Kibera slum within Nairobi, Kenya, February 24, 2019. Reuters / Njeri Mwangi
Peacebuilding in Somalia - another victim of climate change? 23 Oct 2019 - 10:16 pm
Women carry jerry cans of water from shallow wells dug from the sand along the Shabelle River bed which is dry due to drought in Somalian Shabelle region, March 19, 2016. Reuters / Feisal Omar
Khama family, Botswana political royalty, faces election setback 22 Oct 2019 - 11:20 pm
 Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) supporter holds up a poster during an election campaign rally in Mokgweetsi Masisi's, President of Botswana and leader of the BDP, home village in Moshupa, on October 22, 2019. AFP / Monirul Bhuiyan