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Snake on a plane! South African pilot finds cobra under seat 07 Apr 2023 - 12:12 am
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Protests as Sudan marks key anniversary 06 Apr 2023 - 08:14 pm
Sudanese protesters take part in a demonstration in southern Khartoum on April 6, 2023 marking a key anniversary in the decades-old struggle against military rule with new protests against the general. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)
South Africa ends 'state of disaster' over blackouts 05 Apr 2023 - 05:33 pm
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UN report charges South Sudan officials of rights violations 03 Apr 2023 - 08:42 pm
Members of the South Sudanese army at arrive for deployment at the International Airport in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 2, 2023.(Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP)
Kenya to launch first operational satellite next week 03 Apr 2023 - 08:25 pm
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Kenyan opposition leader calls off anti-government protests 02 Apr 2023 - 09:38 pm
Kenya's President William Ruto speaks during a press conference at State House, in Nairobi, on April 2, 2023, to urge his political rival to call off protests against his government as the opposition vowed to take demonstrators to the street for another day. (Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP)
14 missing, presumed dead, in Burundian mine flood: official 01 Apr 2023 - 08:39 pm
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye. File photo / AFP
Sudan delays signing of deal to usher in civilian government 01 Apr 2023 - 07:39 pm
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace shows the chairman of Sudan's military-led transition council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attending the second edition of the summit of the Green Middle East Initiative. File photo / AFP
South Africa's Pistorius denied parole decade after killing girlfriend 31 Mar 2023 - 07:27 pm
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Sudanese officials say 14 workers dead in gold mine collapse 31 Mar 2023 - 04:33 pm
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UN announces first convoy to certain Western Sahara mission sites since 2020 30 Mar 2023 - 10:54 pm
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Kenya opposition in fresh protests amid government warning 30 Mar 2023 - 10:07 pm
Protesters walk in front of a looted shop in Nairobi, on March 30, 2023 during a protest called by the opposiion coalition
Over 1,300 killed in DR Congo violence: UN 30 Mar 2023 - 09:55 pm
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaks during the 52nd UN Human Rights Council session, in Geneva, on March 6, 2023. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
US Mideast envoy hopeful Saudi-Iran détente will help region 30 Mar 2023 - 09:09 pm
Barbara Leaf (left), US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, and Dana Stroul (centre), US deputy assistant secretary of defence (DASD) for the Middle East, join a media roundtable in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on October 19, 2022.  File photo / AFP
Moderna to set up $500 million mRNA vaccine facility in Kenya 30 Mar 2023 - 08:45 pm
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Senegal court hands opposition leader suspended term 30 Mar 2023 - 08:19 pm
Protesters gather at a road block on a highway in Dakar on March 30, 2023. - Senegal, a rare island of stability in the troubled West African region, is seeing another tense week with the resumption of the libel trial against Ousmane Sonko on Thursday. Sonko and his supporters accuse the government of using the justice system to prevent him from running in next year's presidential election. (Photo by GUY PETERSON / AFP)
Harris enters the fray over democracy with visit to Tanzania 30 Mar 2023 - 08:17 pm
U.S Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she addresses a news conference following her meetings with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on March 30, 2023.  (Photo by ERICKY BONIPHACE / POOL / AFP)
Ethiopia drops charges against rebel leaders after peace deal 30 Mar 2023 - 07:52 pm
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