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Burkina Faso kills 100 militants in military operation 25 May 2023 - 10:56 am
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Nigerian surfers brave oil pipelines, tankers to catch waves 25 May 2023 - 09:51 am
A surfer rides a wave at a surfing competition held at the Tarkwa Bay beach in Lagos Nigeria on 21 May, 2023. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
Sudan conflict displaces over 1.3 million, says UN 24 May 2023 - 10:55 pm
Minivan buses and tuk-tuks (motorised rickshaws) wait for passengers at a bus station in Port Sudan on May 23, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Over one million people displaced in four months in Somalia: UN 24 May 2023 - 02:43 pm
This aerial view shows makeshift structures of people displaced by drought at the Ladan internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Dolow on May 1, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
Cholera-hit S.African town blames govt for deadly outbreak 24 May 2023 - 11:37 am
A man sits on top of a municipal tank truck while filling it with water in Hammanskraal on May 23, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Guyana girls dorm fire that killed 19 was deliberately set by student, says official 23 May 2023 - 11:31 pm
Investigators and government employees inspect the school dormitory where a fire killed at least 19 people in Mahdia, Guyana on May 22, 2023. (Photo by Keno George / AFP)
Blinken warns rival Sudanese generals to respect latest truce or face possible sanctions 23 May 2023 - 06:47 pm
Tuk-tuks (motorised rickshaws) wait for passengers outside a branch of the Bank of Khartoum in Port Sudan on May 23, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
'What would I be celebrating?': Eritrea marks independence anniversary 23 May 2023 - 05:04 pm
A man waits to cross the road beside a patriotic poster in Asmara, Eritrea, on July 18, 2013. Parties, music and dancing lasted the entire month to commemorate Eritrea's liberation from Ethiopian rule in May 1991, and its overwhelming support for independence in a UN-backed referendum two years later. (Photo by Jenny VAUGHAN / AFP)
Eritrea's Isaias Afwerki: Ruthless leader of an isolated nation 23 May 2023 - 04:04 pm
Eritrean secretary general of the provisional government, Isaias Afwerki votes in a three-day referendum to make Eritrea independent from Ethiopia after a 30 year old civil war on April 23, 1993. (Photo by ALEXANDER JOE / AFP)
Sudan: Ceasefire officially starts between warring generals  22 May 2023 - 11:39 pm
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Nigeria's outgoing president opens major oil plant 22 May 2023 - 07:56 pm
Outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (left) looks on with the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo at the presidential fleet review held at the Naval Dockyard in Lagos on May 22, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Alabi / AFP)
Killed as they slept: the worst school dormitory fires 22 May 2023 - 04:38 pm
Children rescued during a Mahdia secondary school dormitory fire are transferred by medical personnel to hospitals in Gorgetown, Guyana on May 22, 2023. (Photo by Royston Drakes / AFP)
At least 20 dead in Guyana school dormitory fire: govt 22 May 2023 - 12:58 pm
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Anti-migration operation on Mayotte stirs tensions 21 May 2023 - 11:11 pm
A man looks up as he dismantles his makeshift house in a shantytown of
Pope urges Sudan's warring sides to lay down arms as new cease-fire looms 21 May 2023 - 04:54 pm
Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from the diocese of Spoleto-Norcia, on May 20, 2023 during an audience at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP)
S.African ministers' lavish home expenses, raise eyebrows 21 May 2023 - 04:02 pm
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Ghana’s Public Debt Falls by a Fourth on External Obligations 20 May 2023 - 05:28 pm
A general view of the Makola market, one of the country's largest trading centres in Accra, Ghana, on March 26, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
South African para surfing teens dream of Olympic glory 20 May 2023 - 01:15 pm
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