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Nigeria to reopen airports for international flights from Aug. 29 17 Aug 2020 - 09:34 pm
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Five killed in Somali hotel attack claimed by Al-Shabaab 16 Aug 2020 - 08:51 pm
An emergencies vehicle is pictured after a blast at the Elite Hotel in Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia August 16, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Ship that oozed oil off Mauritius coast splits in two 16 Aug 2020 - 04:12 pm
 MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. AFP / STRINGER
South African leader lifts lockdown restrictions after COVID-19 infections fall 15 Aug 2020 - 10:09 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits a COVID-19 treatment facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Jerome Delay/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Plane carrying four passengers crashes in dense forest in eastern Congo 14 Aug 2020 - 01:39 pm
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South Africa says virus outbreak may have reached its peak 12 Aug 2020 - 09:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man walks beneath a billboard during the 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Cape Town, South Africa, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Mauritius tourism, reeling from COVID, now hit by oil spill 12 Aug 2020 - 07:30 pm
A volunteer cleans oil spilled from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground on a reef, at the Mahebourg Waterfront in Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Ant
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads 11 Aug 2020 - 08:17 pm
A dead starfish is seen following leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, which ran aground on a reef, at the Riviere des Creoles, on the Mahebourg waterfront, Mauritius, August 10, 2020.
Mauritius races to clean up oil as ship leaking fuel breaks up 10 Aug 2020 - 11:30 am
People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius on August 9, 2020.  AFP / L'Express Maurice / Daren Maure
Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger - minister 09 Aug 2020 - 11:23 pm
A giraffe is stands during a guided safari tour at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria, on August 7, 2020. / AFP / Michele Spatari
Leaking carrier risks breakup in Mauritius as weather worsens 09 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
TOPSHOT - This aerial view taken on August 6, 2020 shows a large patch of leaked oil and the vessel MV Wakashio (R), belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius./
Floods drive over 650,000 Somalis from their homes 08 Aug 2020 - 03:01 pm
A Somalian drives an auto-rickshaw (Tuk-Tuk) to carry his belongings and to travel through the city in Mogadishu, Somalia on August 05, 2020.  Lokman ?lhan - Anadolu
At least seven dead in car bombing near Somalia stadium 08 Aug 2020 - 01:27 pm
An ambulance is seen near a blast site that rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Local tours bring some relief to South Africa safari industry 08 Aug 2020 - 12:58 pm
Tourists take part in a guided Safari tour at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria, on August 7, 2020. (AFP / Michele Spatari)
Botswana diamond exports fall by two thirds on COVID-19 07 Aug 2020 - 09:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: Diamonds are displayed during a visit to the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) in Gaborone, Botswana November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Nigeria to reopen for international air travel in weeks 06 Aug 2020 - 08:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a protective face mask due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo
Gambia imposes curfew as coronavirus cases surge 60% in a week 05 Aug 2020 - 11:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: Gambia's President Adama Barrow sits in the chair reserved for heads of state at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
South Africa's Shoprite grocery chain may pull out of Nigeria 03 Aug 2020 - 06:18 pm
A Shoprite store sign is pictured in Abuja, Nigeria August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde