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World / Africa

Nine dead in Mexico shooting 28 Jan 2018 - 11:43 pm
Memers of the Mexican army patrol the area where seven people were killed inside a house, while they were watching a soccer game in Monterrey, Mexico on January 28, 2018. / AFP / Julio Cesar Aguilar
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to meet on Monday for Nile dam talks 28 Jan 2018 - 05:21 pm
Delegates leave the plenary hall of the Africa Union (AU) headquarters, before the start of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU in Addis Ababa on January 27, 2018. / AFP / SIMON MAINA
4 soldiers killed, 4 missing in rocket attack in Mali 28 Jan 2018 - 04:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Malian Armed Forces patch worn by a soldier is pictured during the regional anti-insurgent Operation Barkhane in Tin Hama, Mali, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Angola faces currency test in economy shake-up 28 Jan 2018 - 08:10 am
File photo of Angolan President Joao Lourenco used for representation.
Melinda Gates battles to promote contraception in Burkina Faso 24 Jan 2018 - 09:01 pm
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during a discussion entitled
Buhari re-election talk 'a distraction': Nigerian govt 24 Jan 2018 - 09:00 pm
Muhammadu Buhari
Ethiopian protesters killed for singing anti-government songs: UN 23 Jan 2018 - 08:21 pm
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Son-in-law of Mozambique’s ex-president given 24 years for killing wife 23 Jan 2018 - 07:21 pm
Valentina Guebuza and her husband Zofimo Muiuane on their wedding day. (Photo courtesy: thetrentonline.com)
'Father of South African jazz' Hugh Masekela dies aged 78 - eNCA television 23 Jan 2018 - 11:03 am
File photo of South African trumpeter and musician Hugh Masekela performing on the final day of the 21st Annual St. Lucia Jazz festival at Pigeon Island National Landmark, May 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva/File Photo
How might South Africa's President Zuma leave office? 22 Jan 2018 - 07:32 pm
This file photo taken on December 16, 2017 shows South Africa's president Jacob Zuma speaking during the 54th ANC (African National Congress) national conference in Johannesburg.  AFP / Mujahid Safodien
Four Somali suspects in Kenya 2014 airport blast acquitted 22 Jan 2018 - 06:18 pm
Photo: AFP
S.Africa's ANC confirms talks on Zuma exit 22 Jan 2018 - 05:53 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 17, 2017 shows South African and then African National Congress President Jacob Zuma looking. AFP / GULSHAN KHAN
Weah sworn in as Liberian president, completes historic transition 22 Jan 2018 - 03:36 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 25, 2017 shows former football player and candidate in Liberia's presidential elections, George Weah posing during a photo session in Paris.   AFP / JOEL SAGET
DR Congo blocks internet ahead of banned protests 21 Jan 2018 - 01:18 pm
Riot policemen fire teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators during a protest organised by Catholic activists in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe
Liberia's Sirleaf: Africa's first elected female leader 21 Jan 2018 - 08:50 am
Outgoing Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf attends an intercessory prayer service at the central mosques as part of events marking the official inauguration ceremony of Liberia's president elect, George Weah in Monrovia, Liberia, 19 January 2018.
South Africa's ANC to force Zuma to quit as president - eNCA TV 20 Jan 2018 - 12:23 pm
File photo of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma attends the 37th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in the capital, Pretoria, South Africa, August 19, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Seven Niger troops killed in Boko Haram attack 20 Jan 2018 - 08:29 am
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UN warns of “lost generation” in South Sudan’s grinding conflict 19 Jan 2018 - 08:08 pm
A malnourished child sits on May 30, 2017 on a bed at the clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Aweil, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan. (AFP / Albert Gonzalez Farran)