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South Sudan rebel leader denied entry in Sudan 22 Nov 2016 - 12:52 pm
Riek Machar is back in South Africa, confirms Foreign Ministry spokesman. (File Photo)
UN base 'targeted' in Central Africa clashes 22 Nov 2016 - 10:43 am
Photo: AFP.
Africa looks to solar for communities off the grid 21 Nov 2016 - 10:30 pm
A man uses a solar-powered flashlight to tend to his chicken at kwa-Mutisya in Machakos county, some 100km southeast of Nairobi.  Consumers are opting for off-grid solar solutions to power homes and small businesses even as African governments unveil mass
South African 'prophet' sprays followers with insect killer 21 Nov 2016 - 07:40 pm
Lethebo Rabalago sprays Doom on a congregant at Mount Zion General Assembly (Photo courtesy: heraldlive.co.za)
Kenya uses new technology to nab poachers at night: WWF 21 Nov 2016 - 07:01 pm
A lioness walks along a road as visitors sit in their vehicles at National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, July 12 ,2014. (REUTERS/Edmund Blair)
On patrol with machetes, Kenya’s slum residents hustle for security 21 Nov 2016 - 05:03 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A riot police officer runs after the supporters of the opposition were dispersed with tear gas in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, May 16 2016 (EPA)
Japanese peacekeepers arrive in South Sudan with new mandate 21 Nov 2016 - 04:02 pm
Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) arrive at the airport in Juba, South Sudan, on November 21, 2016. AFP / SAMIR BOL
Malian soldiers, civilian killed in election-linked attacks 21 Nov 2016 - 01:08 pm
Malian military soldiers stand near an armoured vehicle that belongs to the French Army at the Malian military Command Post in Sevare.Photo: Reuters
Foundations laid to roll out Paris accord but poor short-changed 19 Nov 2016 - 08:38 pm
A view of downtown Los Angeles, California on a smoggy afternoon, November 2, 2006. (AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS)
Drought-hit women struggle as “compassion” runs dry at climate talks 19 Nov 2016 - 08:25 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Women in Inhambane province are spending up to six hours a day in search of water, three times as much as before the drought, which was made worse by a strong El Niño climate pattern, according to research by CARE, issued at the U.N.
US seeks UN arms embargo against South Sudan 18 Nov 2016 - 06:03 am
EU Commissioner for Humanitarian and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides speaks with newly arrived refugees from South Sudan as they queue in line waiting to be registered on November 11, 2016 at Kuluba Reception Centre in Koboko District, North of th
UN meeting urges 'highest political commitment' on climate change 18 Nov 2016 - 04:14 am
(L to R) Jose Antonio Marcondes de Carvalho, Undersecretary for Environment and Brazil's chief negotiator for climate change, Edna Molewa, South African Minister of Environmental Affairs, Xie Zhenhua, Special Representative for Climate Change for China, a
At least 73 killed in tanker explosion in western Mozambique 18 Nov 2016 - 03:54 am
A badly burned child arrives at the Provincial Hospital in Tete on November 17, 2016, after a truck carrying petrol burst into flames. At least 43 people were killed and 110 others injured on November 17 when a truck carrying petrol blew up in western Moz
South Sudan army and rebels clash, at least 15 dead 17 Nov 2016 - 06:12 pm
Newly arrived refugees from South Sudan queue in line waiting to be registered on November 11, 2016 at Kuluba Reception Centre in Koboko District, North of the capital Kampala during the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian and Crisis Management visit to Ugan
Marrakesh talks tangle over cash to cushion climate impacts for poor 17 Nov 2016 - 03:33 pm
African leaders pose for a family picture during the Africa Action Summit, on the sidelines of the COP22 Climate Change Conference, on November 16, 2016, in Marrakesh. African leaders met in Morocco to agree a joint stance to fight global warming on the c
Kenya postpones Dadaab refugee camp closure 16 Nov 2016 - 04:57 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 28, 2015 shows an aerial view of the part of the eastern sector of the IFO-2 camp in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.  AFP / TONY KARUMBA
Zimbabwe lawyers take Mugabe to court over bond notes law 15 Nov 2016 - 08:15 pm
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends a meeting with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Associatioin on April 7, 2016 in Harare (AFP / JEKESAI NJIKIZANA)
Another Nigerian judge charged for corruption 15 Nov 2016 - 11:15 am
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