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Kenyan opposition lawyer charged with treason over Odinga's 'swearing in' 06 Feb 2018 - 10:32 pm
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) holds a bible as he takes a symbolic presidential oath of office in Nairobi, Kenya January 30, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratne
South Africa's ANC to decide "matter of serious concern" in Zuma showdown on Wednesday 06 Feb 2018 - 09:56 pm
Baleka Mbete, speaker of the National Assembly, announces that the State of the Nation address, due to be delivered by President Jacob Zuma has been postponed, in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 6, 2018. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham
UN chief takes aim at Burundi leader's bid to extend rule 06 Feb 2018 - 09:49 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York, United States on February 2, 2018. (At?lgan Özdil - Anadolu Agency)
Female genital mutilation is a man's issue too: Kenyan Maasai activist 06 Feb 2018 - 09:49 pm
Pokot tribe teen age girls, who don't practice female genital mutilation (FGM), pose in church uniform at Katabok village in the northeast of Uganda, on January 30, 2018. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Congo tells Belgium to close consulate, cut flights 06 Feb 2018 - 05:07 pm
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Burundi extradites more than 30 rebels to DR Congo 06 Feb 2018 - 04:47 pm
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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai critically ill in South Africa - party source 06 Feb 2018 - 10:25 am
File photo in Harare Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks during a press conference, November 16, 2017 . / AFP / -
Fate of South Africa's Zuma hangs on Wednesday ANC meeting 05 Feb 2018 - 11:02 pm
ANC (African National Congress) members attack a woman they suspect of being a member of the BLF (Black Land First) movement, outside the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg on February 5, 2018. AFP / Wikus De Wet
Ethiopia ethnic fighting displaces one million: UN 05 Feb 2018 - 07:41 pm
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Boko Haram kills two as military says group 'defeated' 05 Feb 2018 - 01:50 pm
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Macron pledges aid for historic Senegal city threatened by Atlantic 03 Feb 2018 - 08:15 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndL) and Senegalese President Macky Sall (2ndR), with their wives Brigitte Macron (L) and Marieme Faye Sall (R), cross the Faidherbe bridge in Saint-Louis, Senegal, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool
Head of Nigeria's anti-corruption court charged with bribery 03 Feb 2018 - 12:19 pm
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South African miner says 1,000 workers trapped underground 01 Feb 2018 - 08:56 pm
Miners work deep underground at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Cameroon soldier kills three civilians 01 Feb 2018 - 02:38 pm
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Multiple blasts kill 4, injure 44 in northeast Nigeria 01 Feb 2018 - 10:26 am
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Lassa fever kills 21 in Nigeria: health officials 31 Jan 2018 - 11:59 am
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan leaders ‘overcome’ dam problem 29 Jan 2018 - 04:26 pm
President of Ethiopia Hailemeriam Desalegn (L) and Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat (R) attend the peace talks of South Sudan meeting between Africa Union, United Nations and Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Add
BBC launches Ethiopian and Eritrean radio services 29 Jan 2018 - 02:22 pm
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