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Jill Biden's White House M&Ms a hit with giddy Namibian kids 23 Feb 2023 - 11:28 pm
US First Lady Jill Biden and Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos (3rd right) meet two mothers, Linea and Monica, and their children that are beneficiaries of Development Aid from People to People (DAPP), at the Hope Initiative Southern Africa in Windhoek on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Tara Mette / AFP)
Amid crackdown on dissent, Tunisian leader turns on migrants 23 Feb 2023 - 11:02 pm
A sub-Saharan African woman (centre) looks for clothes in a thrift store in the popular Ariana souk near Tunis on February 22, 2023.  (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso 23 Feb 2023 - 07:15 pm
A military official stands next to a banner reflecting the face of Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou on February 23, 2023, ahead of the reburial ceremony of Thomas Sankara's remains alongside his twelve companions, killed on October 15, 1987. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Lioness escapes moving truck in South Africa 23 Feb 2023 - 05:46 pm
Illustration photo.
Nigeria's youth set to shape the outcome of elections 23 Feb 2023 - 12:22 pm
Supporters chant party slogans next to a banner of the candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi during a campaign rally of the party in Lagos, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Cyclone Freddy heads to Mozambique after killing 5 in Madagascar 22 Feb 2023 - 11:24 pm
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Horn of Africa drought trends said worse than in 2011 famine 22 Feb 2023 - 07:08 pm
Image credit: World Meteorological Organization.
Candidates battle for 'Buhari' votes in north Nigerian stronghold 22 Feb 2023 - 06:03 pm
President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari (2nd R) raises his fist as he arrives at the All Progressives Congress (APC campaign rally at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
South Africa army defends controversial naval drills with Russia 22 Feb 2023 - 05:45 pm
A general view of the Russian military frigate
Energy-starved South Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power 22 Feb 2023 - 05:31 pm
Electricity pylons in front of cooling towers at an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province.
Tunisian rights group slams Saied's 'racist' migrant comments 22 Feb 2023 - 05:08 pm
Sub-Saharan African men walk in the popular Ariana souk near Tunis on February 22, 2023. - A prominent rights group accused Tunisian President Kais Saied of
South Africa quietly deepens power cuts to unprecedented level 22 Feb 2023 - 10:39 am
File Photo: Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, on September 28, 2022. Reuters
Nigerians vote in most unpredictable election in years 22 Feb 2023 - 10:07 am
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party react while attending their final rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on February 21, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Alabi / AFP)
Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France 21 Feb 2023 - 10:51 pm
FILE - Amira Bouraoui is greeted upon her release from prison on July 2, 2020, outside the Kolea Prison near the city of Tipasa, 70km west of the capital Algiers.  AFP
Three UN peacekeepers killed in Mali blast 21 Feb 2023 - 06:29 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 24, 2019 Senegalese soldiers the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) dismount an armoured personnel carrier, patrolling in the streets of Gao, a day after suicide bombers in a vehicle painted with UN markings injured one French, several Estonian troops and two Malian civilians in an attack on an international peace-keeping base in Mali. (Photo by Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP)
Nigerian in alleged kidney harvest plot 'feared for his life' 21 Feb 2023 - 06:25 pm
A suspected victim of human trafficking is seen in Nairobi, Kenya, August 4, 2020. (Reuters/Jackson Njehia)
Nigeria's Tinubu rallies in Lagos powerbase before election 21 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm
People enter Teslim Balogun Stadium during a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
EU vows to boost investment in Kenya to strengthen ties 21 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
Luo shop owner Caroline Otieno sells fish that come from Lake Victoria in Kisumu county and fruits from Nandi county, at a market stall in the town of Chemase, Nandi county, Kenya August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner