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Explosions and fire at military ammunition depot in Chad's capital causes fatalities 19 Jun 2024 - 10:50 am
This screenshot from a video grab obtained by AFPTV from Mahamat Djiddi Hassan on June 18, 2024 shows a massive fire at a military ammunition depot in N'Djamena. Photo by Mahamat Djiddi Hassan / AFP.
American in DR Congo 'coup' trial suffered 'torture': lawyer 18 Jun 2024 - 05:52 pm
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Kenya police arrest demonstrators as hundreds protest new tax hikes 18 Jun 2024 - 03:49 pm
Kenyan activists react after they were detained by Kenya police officers during a demonstration against overtaxation in Nairobi on June 18, 2024. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP)
Eight die in burning bus in Zimbabwe 17 Jun 2024 - 06:35 pm
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South Africa's Ramaphosa re-elected after coalition deal 15 Jun 2024 - 11:51 am
President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa adresses members of parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024. (Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP)
Gabon artists dream of taking music born in prison to global stage 12 Jun 2024 - 07:14 pm
Patrons dance to the rythm of N'Tcham at a bar in Libreville on April 2, 2024. Photo by WILFRIED MBINAH / AFP.
Malawi VP, nine others, killed in plane crash 11 Jun 2024 - 02:26 pm
A newspaper vendor holds The Nation newspaper with a cover picture of the missing plane Vice State President Saulos Klaus Chilima in Lilongwe, on June 11, 2024. Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP
Wreck of missing Malawi VP's plane found: military source 11 Jun 2024 - 01:38 pm
Saulos Klaus Chilima, Malawi's incumbent Vice President and president for the United Transformation Movement (UTM), leaves the Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre on May 6, 2020. Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA / AFP
Malawi launches search for missing plane carrying vice president 10 Jun 2024 - 08:52 pm
File: Saulos Klaus Chilima, Malawi's incumbent Vice President and president for the United Transformation Movement (UTM), leaves the Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre on May 6, 2020. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Plane carrying Malawi's VP missing: govt 10 Jun 2024 - 07:13 pm
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UN migration agency says number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached over 10 million 10 Jun 2024 - 04:39 pm
Children sit together sharing a large bowl of food, as Sudanese families host internally displaced people coming from the central Sudanese state of Gezira to the eastern Sudanese city of Gedaref on June 3, 2024. Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP.
Algerian President calls for holding presidential elections in September 08 Jun 2024 - 08:37 pm
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Sudan activists say about '40 dead' in shelling near Khartoum 07 Jun 2024 - 11:27 pm
File: A fighter loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds up a weapon backdropped by the minaret of a mosque, during a graduation ceremony in the southeastern Gedaref state on May 27, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead 06 Jun 2024 - 05:44 pm
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Kenya's economy to slow in 2024: World Bank 05 Jun 2024 - 10:59 pm
An excavator is marooned in flood water near homes that have been abandoned by their owners at Nairobi's plush Runda estate following recent heavy rainfall in Nairobi on June 05, 2024. (Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP)
Nigeria rescuers dig for trapped miners 05 Jun 2024 - 03:54 pm
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South African floods kill at least 18 people 04 Jun 2024 - 05:29 pm
General view of destroyed houses in the aftermath of a tornado and extreme weather at an informal settlement in Tongaat, north of Durban on June 04, 2024. Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
IMF to unlock nearly $600 million for drought-hit Zambia 04 Jun 2024 - 05:07 pm
A man fetches water from a pond to water his calves in Matobo, Matabeleland, on May 10, 2024. Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP