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Ivory Coast says nearly 400 tonnes of fake drugs seized in two years 09 Oct 2018 - 03:53 pm
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Cameroon opposition contender claims poll win 08 Oct 2018 - 06:05 pm
Election workers take part in vote counting during the presidential election in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Cameroon votes amid violence, threats from separatists 07 Oct 2018 - 04:19 pm
Electoral officials leave onboard of a truck with polling materials ahead of deployment in Buea, southwestern Cameroon, on October 7, 2018 during presidential election.   AFP / MARCO LONGARI
Gabon votes for first time since violence-marred 2016 election 06 Oct 2018 - 05:32 pm
Gabon's President Ali Bongo casts his ballot at a polling station in Libreville during the first round of the country's legislative and municipal elections on October 6, 2018.  AFP / Joel TATOU
50 killed, 100 burnt in oil tanker road crash in DR Congo: official 06 Oct 2018 - 03:53 pm
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Melania Trump feeds elephants in Kenya, drawing contrast with stepsons 06 Oct 2018 - 12:31 am
US First Lady Melania Trump (L) and First Lady of Kenya Margaret Kenyatta (R) pet a baby elephant at The David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi on October 5, 2018, as she pays a one day visit to the country during her solo tour of Africa promoting
UN peacekeeper held over alleged sex abuse of minors 05 Oct 2018 - 10:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Central African internally displaced woman holds a child inside an emergency room of the MSF-run hospital in Bangassou on May 26, 2017. AFP/Saber Jendoubi
Africa bets on technology to lure youth to farming 04 Oct 2018 - 10:01 pm
Marie Chantal Akingeneye, 28, a single mother, poses in her vegetable plot in Rulindo district in northern Rwanda on Aug 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Thin Lei Win
Melania Trump visits school in Malawi, part of Africa tour 04 Oct 2018 - 04:00 pm
US First Lady Melania Trump visits Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe on October 4, 2018 during a 1-day visit in Malawi, part of her week long trip to Africa to promote her 'Be Best' campaign. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Melania Trump tours former slavery outpost 03 Oct 2018 - 02:25 pm
A woman holds a child as U.S. first lady Melania Trump visits a hospital in Accra, Ghana, October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Melania Trump visits ex-slave holding facility in Ghana 03 Oct 2018 - 01:23 pm
U.S. first lady Melania Trump looks on as she visits a hospital in Accra, Ghana, October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
60 migrants feared drowned in Guinea-Bissau capsize 03 Oct 2018 - 10:25 am
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Melania Trump arrives in Ghana, 1st stop on Africa tour 02 Oct 2018 - 02:31 pm
US First Lady Melania Trump walks alongside Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First Lady of Ghana, during an arrival ceremony after landing at Kotoka International Airport in Accra October 2, 2018 as she begins her week long trip to Africa to promote her 'Be Best'
Nigeria's Buhari promises 2019 elections will be fair after regional vote criticised 01 Oct 2018 - 04:24 pm
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (not pictured) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
Boko Haram has been repelled, Cameroon's leader declares 30 Sep 2018 - 12:34 pm
Cameroon's President Paul Biya (C), accompanied by his wife Chantal Biya, greets the military forces upon arrival at Maroua airport during his electoral visit in the Far North Region of Cameroon, on September 29, 2018. AFP / ALEXIS HUGUET
Nigerian women's minister becomes second cabinet member to resign this month 29 Sep 2018 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Aisha Alhassan, speaks after having her voting documents for elections checked, at Lamorde Primary School ward in Jalingo, April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Stigma, poverty leave 'cursed' disabled children neglected in Kenya's orphanages 28 Sep 2018 - 08:52 pm
A child with cerebral palsy sits in wheelchair in an orphanage in eastern Nairobi, Kenya on Sept 26, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nita Bhalla
Nigeria flood deaths rise to 199 as heavy rains wreak havoc 27 Sep 2018 - 05:06 pm
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