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World / Africa

Zimbabwe president to return home after deadly turmoil 20 Jan 2019 - 09:10 pm
People queue to draw cash outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 19, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Congo political crisis deepens as top court rejects vote challenge 20 Jan 2019 - 08:45 pm
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi celebrate along the streets after the judges of the Constitutional Court confirmed Tshisekedi's victory in the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 20, 2019. Reuters/Olivia Acland
Zimbabwe crackdown a taste of things to come, president's spokesman warns 20 Jan 2019 - 07:26 pm
People queue for gas in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 20, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Attack on UN base in Mali kills 8 peacekeepers: UN source 20 Jan 2019 - 04:50 pm
This is not the first time that peacekeepers from MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) have been targetted (AFP Photo/SEYLLOU)
Tshisekedi declared Congo's president, but runner-up revolts 20 Jan 2019 - 09:03 am
Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Congolese main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress who was announced as the winner of the presidential elections gestures to his supporters at the party headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republi
Five dead in Burkina clashes after shooting 19 Jan 2019 - 08:20 pm
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Ethiopia readies 'massive offensive' on al-Shabab in Somalia 19 Jan 2019 - 03:43 pm
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Zimbabwe blocks social media as crackdown intensifies 18 Jan 2019 - 10:28 pm
A man checks his mobile phone in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 18, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Congo rejects African Union demand to delay final election result 18 Jan 2019 - 10:09 pm
Men remove an electoral campaign banner of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, former Congolese interior minister and presidential candidate, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2, 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Slain Ghanaian journalist hailed as 'national hero' at funeral 18 Jan 2019 - 08:30 pm
Men pray over the grave of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist who was killed by gunmen on Wednesday, inside a cemetery at Madina in Accra, Ghana January 18, 2019. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko
Zimbabwe's biggest mobile operator Econet says ordered to shut down internet 18 Jan 2019 - 11:36 am
Zimbabwe Police officers are seen driving along the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Kenyan police say 11 arrested after deadly hotel attack 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am
Kenyan policemen and explosives experts gather evidence from the car suspected to have been used by the attackers outside the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at The DusitD2 complex, in Nairobi, Kenya January 17, 2019. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Nineteen people still missing after deadly militant attack in Kenya: Red Cross 17 Jan 2019 - 12:38 pm
Relatives of Abdalla Mohamed Dahir who was killed the previous day in an attack react as his body arrives to the mosque during his burial ceremony in Nairobi on January 16, 2018. AFP / Luis Tato
Police arrest leading Zimbabwe activist after protests 16 Jan 2019 - 02:52 pm
Zimbabwean cleric and activist Evan Mawarire (2nd L) is escorted to a car by Zimbabwean policemen on January 16, 2019, after he was picked up from his home in Avondale, Harare.   AFP / Jekesai NJIKIZANA
Uneasy calm in Zimbabwe amid stay-at-home fuel price protest 16 Jan 2019 - 10:54 am
Anti-riot police stands on a truckload engaging in running battles with protestors in Emakhandeni township, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on January 15, 2019. AFP / ZINYANGE AUNTONY
Kenya militant attack over, all "terrorists" killed: President 16 Jan 2019 - 10:39 am
DusitD2 hotel complex is seen after security forces had killed all four militants who stormed the upscale hotel in Nairobi, Kenya January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Graphic NYT photo on Kenyan terror attack draws online anger 16 Jan 2019 - 09:21 am
Kenyan policemen walk from the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Workers in Kenya capital still trapped after militant attack 16 Jan 2019 - 08:46 am
People are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner