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Congo: 2 who received experimental Ebola treatment recover 25 Aug 2018 - 04:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland
Burundi UN peacekeeper killed in ambush in Central Africa 24 Aug 2018 - 10:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian flanked by President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera looks at military supplies at the Mpoko military base in Bangui on October 31, 2016 AFP
Top Zimbabwe court confirms Mnangagwa's presidential election victory 24 Aug 2018 - 08:43 pm
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German minister expresses optimism after visit to Eritrea 24 Aug 2018 - 07:18 pm
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Sierra Leone wants more girls in school - but not if pregnant 23 Aug 2018 - 08:36 pm
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Zimbabwe court to rule Friday on opposition's vote challenge 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
Riot police arrive at a press conference due to be addressed by opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa, ordering journalist out of the venue in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 3, 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan 19 Aug 2018 - 12:48 pm
In this file photo taken on June 22, 2012 Arab League Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, listens to the media questions during a press conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva. / AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON
Kofi Annan: the UN's 'rock star' secretary-general 18 Aug 2018 - 03:21 pm
In this file photo Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan shows an AK-47 assault rifle that has been transformed into a guitar in front of workers at Vienna's United Nations headquarters. (AFP / SAMUEL KUBANI)
Demolitions to protect river spark rows in Kenyan capital 18 Aug 2018 - 02:48 am
People watch as heavy machinery demolishes the Ukay Mall in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya, August 14, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita re-elected Mali president by a landslide 17 Aug 2018 - 02:56 am
Supporters of Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita celebrate at the Rally for Mali (RPM) party's headquarters in Bamako, Mali August 16, 2018. Reuters/Luc Gnago
No handshakes, no helmets in eastern Congo city preparing for Ebola 16 Aug 2018 - 08:33 pm
A family member of a deceased, unconfirmed Ebola patient, reacts inside an Ebola Treatment Centre run by The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) on August 13, 2018, in Beni. AFP / John Wessels
Kenyan farmers toast growing European demand for avocados 15 Aug 2018 - 01:16 pm
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Mali president claims election victory amid fraud accusations 15 Aug 2018 - 03:01 am
FILE PHOTO: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali and candidate for Rally for Mali party (RPM), casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Bamako, Mali July, 29 2018. Reuters/Luc Gnago
24 dead, 19 wounded in Ecuador bus crash 14 Aug 2018 - 09:10 pm
The wreckage of the bus is seen in Papallacta, Ecuador August 13, 2018, in this still image obtained from social media on August 14, 2018. Bomberos Quito/Reuters
UN, EU urge restraint in Mali after opposition leader spurns results 14 Aug 2018 - 08:40 pm
Acrobats perform outside the headquarters of Mali's incumbent president and candidate to his re-election in Bamako on August 13, 2018, in a show of support for the incumbent president one day after a presidential runoff vote. AFP / Michele Cattani
Mali opposition leader rejects results as counting underway 13 Aug 2018 - 09:58 pm
Malian Opposition leader and presidential candidate SoumaIila Cisse and his wife Astan Traore waves to supporters in the front of his residence on August 13, 2018 in Bamako a day after the runoff vote in Mali's presidential election.  AFP / Issouf Sanogo
Mnangagwa says disputed Zimbabwe election 'behind us' 13 Aug 2018 - 07:28 pm
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C) gestures during the Heroes Day commemorations held at the National Heroes Acre in Harare August 13, 2018.  AFP / Jekesai Njikizana
Mali in presidential runoff overshadowed by security crisis 12 Aug 2018 - 09:39 am
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali and candidate of Rally for Mali party (RPM), speaks during a rally, ahead of the second round of Mali's presidential election, in Bamako, Mali August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago