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Seven dead after 'out of nowhere' flood in Kenya 02 Sep 2019 - 03:07 pm
People mourn as Kenya Red Cross workers and volunteers retrieve the bodies of their relatives who died in flash floods while on an excursion at the Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha, Kenya September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Flash floods kill four, three missing in Kenya's Hell's Gate park -authorities 02 Sep 2019 - 08:29 am
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Village by village, the quest to stop female genital cutting in Somaliland 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
Women sit in the streets of Sanani, Somaliland on June 30, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri
Designer death? South Africa struggles to bury inequality 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
Mmaphuti Singo stands in front of some of the fauna planted through the Nasrec Memorial Park in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, where she buried her husband last year, August 8 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg.
Tanzania agrees to return Burundi refugees home, Minister says 28 Aug 2019 - 02:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burundian refugee children pose for a photograph at the Lake Tanganyika stadium in Kigoma western Tanzania, May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Uganda launches national airline with flight to Kenya 27 Aug 2019 - 05:15 pm
Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda (2R) flanked by Minister of World and Transprt Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege (2L) and the State Minister for Tourism Godfrey Kiwanda (R) take part in the launching ceremony of Uganda Airline’s maiden flight to Jomo Kenya
African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry 27 Aug 2019 - 12:16 am
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Amnesty demands justice for Cameroon victims at soldiers' murder trial 26 Aug 2019 - 09:05 pm
Cameroonian soldiers from the Rapid Intervention Brigade tell a young boy to stay back while on patrol in Kerawa, Cameroon, March 16, 2016. Joe Penney / Reuters
Congo President, PM name govt for 1st time since Dec poll win 26 Aug 2019 - 10:08 am
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DR Congo announces new govt 7 months after president inaugurated 26 Aug 2019 - 08:38 am
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Nigeria's Buhari assigns new ministers 21 Aug 2019 - 06:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari greets his supporters after Friday prayers in his hometown Daura, in Katsina State, ahead of the country's presidential election, Nigeria February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Zimbabwe police deploy hundreds in Gweru, MDC challenges another protest ban 20 Aug 2019 - 11:22 am
Riot police officers keep watch outside the Tredgold Building Magistrate court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Zimbabwe deploys security forces over banned march 19 Aug 2019 - 03:00 pm
Police officers patrol near Tredgold Magistrates courts on August 19, 2019, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AFP / Zinyange Auntony
19 killed in Uganda fuel truck blast: police 19 Aug 2019 - 02:45 pm
People look towards a fire following a fuel truck collision in Rubirizi, Uganda August 18, 2019 in this still image taken from social media video.
Chad president declares emergency in east after ethnic violence 18 Aug 2019 - 04:41 pm
Chadian President Idriss Deby is escorted as he arrives for the signing of the Sudan's power sharing deal, that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventual elections, following the overthrow of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, S
2 Ebola patients in Congo "cured" with drugs, say doctors 13 Aug 2019 - 05:51 pm
A young woman reacts as a health worker injects her with the Ebola vaccine, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
Police say 62 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion 10 Aug 2019 - 05:30 pm
Police tape cordons off the area where the carcass of a burnt-out fuel tanker is seen along the side of the road following an explosion on August 10, 2019, in Morogoro, 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam.  AFP / STRINGE
Tanzania fuel tanker blast kills 57 10 Aug 2019 - 11:53 am
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