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Burundi approves new constitution extending presidential term limit 21 May 2018 - 07:58 pm
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza (2R) waits with his wife Denise (3R) as they queue to cast their votes for the referendum on a controversial constitutional reform in Buye, northern Burundi, on May 17, 2018.  AFP / STR
Ebola preparedness much better now than for 2014 outbreak - WHO 21 May 2018 - 01:36 pm
Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans frontiere - MSF) team members walk through an Ebola security zone at the entrance of the Wangata Reference Hospital in Mbandaka, northwest of DR Congo on May 20, 2018. AFP / JUNIOR KANNAH
South Africa agrees 3-year wage deal with public sector unions 21 May 2018 - 09:39 am
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Kenyan investigators to question more than 40 people over 'massive theft' 20 May 2018 - 12:52 pm
File photo of Kenya Police used for representation
DRCongo reports 3 new Ebola cases 19 May 2018 - 01:10 pm
Truck carries supplies to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this May 16, 2018 picture obtained from social media video, in Brussels, Belgium. DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS/MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (MSF)/via REUTERS
Ebola Congo outbreak that killed 25 "high risk", but can be brought under control: WHO 18 May 2018 - 08:50 pm
Equipment and apparatus are seen inside the laboratory of the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo May 18, 2018. Reuters/Kenny Katombe
Two more Ebola cases confirmed in northwestern Congo city 18 May 2018 - 08:50 pm
People and traffic are seen along a street in Ngaba commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo May 18, 2018. Reuters/Kenny Katombe
Burundi votes in referendum on the president's power 17 May 2018 - 12:34 pm
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza casts his ballot at a polling centre during the constitutional amendment referendum at School Ecofo de Buye in Mwumba commune in Ngozi province, northern Burundi, May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana
Burundians vote in referendum to extend president's rule 17 May 2018 - 08:26 am
File photo of Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza addressing a news conference attended by the visiting United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not seen in picture) in the capital Bujumbura February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo
WHO sends first doses of experimental vaccine to tackle Congo Ebola outbreak 16 May 2018 - 01:25 pm
A health worker is sprayed with chlorine after visiting the isolation ward at Bikoro hospital, which received a new suspected Ebola case, in Bikoro, Democratic Republic of Congo May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Robert N'Kengo
Burundi to hold referendum to extend Nkurunziza rule 15 May 2018 - 01:24 pm
A supporter of Burundi’s ruling CNDD-FDD party, balances a gourd on his head with the image of the Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, during a rally three days prior to a referendum on a controversial constitutional reform on May 14, 2018 in Bujumbura
23 killed by armed gang in northwest Burundi: official 12 May 2018 - 12:21 pm
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First reported deaths in Congo Ebola outbreak came in January -WHO 10 May 2018 - 12:55 pm
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At least 20 dead after dam bursts in Kenya: police 10 May 2018 - 10:18 am
Volunteers search for survivers in a residential area after Patel dam burst its bank at Solai, about 40 kilometres north of Nakuru, Kenya, on May 10, 2018. AFP
Kenyan dam bursts causing "huge destruction", deaths - official 10 May 2018 - 08:28 am
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Death toll rises to 71 in Nigeria militia, bandit clash 08 May 2018 - 02:19 pm
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Leopard grabs, kills toddler in Uganda national park 08 May 2018 - 12:44 pm
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Kenyan lawyers wrangle with government over land registry digitisation 07 May 2018 - 11:10 pm
A woman walks past roasted corn for sale in Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 14, 2009. Reuters/Noor Khamis