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Togo goes to polls as president seeks likely fourth term 22 Feb 2020 - 06:57 pm
Opposition leader and presidential candidate of ANC (National Alliance for Change) Jean-Pierre Fabre casts his ballot during presidential election, in Lome, Togo February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Thousands hit streets of Algiers on protest movement anniversary 22 Feb 2020 - 04:48 pm
Algerian protesters march national flags during their weekly anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers, on February 21, 2020. / AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Zambia mobs kill 43 suspected gas-spray attackers 22 Feb 2020 - 02:37 pm
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'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen 21 Feb 2020 - 06:21 am
Kenyan climate activist Makenna Muigui works on her computer at her home in Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nita Bhalla
South Sudan's warring leaders to form long-delayed unity government 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
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Nothing left: Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm 19 Feb 2020 - 06:30 pm
Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi looks at the damage caused to her crops after locusts swarm descended on it in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts 19 Feb 2020 - 06:21 pm
A soldier of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) gestures after spraying locust swarms with insecticides, with the hopes of killing the locusts, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. AFP / Sumy Sadurni
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads 18 Feb 2020 - 08:44 pm
A desert locust is seen feeding on a plantation in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Kenyan farmers find sweet spot with nutritious, drought-hardy crop 18 Feb 2020 - 08:42 pm
Workers produce sweet potato products at a processing factory in Maua, Meru County, Kenya, January 26, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Caroline Wambui
Huge locust outbreak in East Africa reaches South Sudan 18 Feb 2020 - 07:21 pm
Samburu men attempt to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts flying over a grazing land in Lemasulani village, Samburu County, Kenya January 17, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Congo's irksome 'sheep-jumps' jam traffic, confound president 18 Feb 2020 - 01:58 pm
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Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi with 6,000 bodies 17 Feb 2020 - 04:17 pm
A worker from Burundian
South Sudan rebels reject president's peace compromise 16 Feb 2020 - 11:41 am
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a meeting on the cutting of the number of states from 32 to 10, at the State House in Juba, South Sudan February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jok Solomun
Over 6,000 bodies found in Burundi's mass graves 15 Feb 2020 - 03:50 pm
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South Sudan cuts number of states from 32 to 10, unlocking peace process 15 Feb 2020 - 02:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Juba, South Sudan December 17, 2019.REUTERS/Jok Solomun
Namibia's first lady pledges to give all her wealth to charity 13 Feb 2020 - 10:59 pm
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Somalia executes two men by firing squad for girl's gang rape and murder 12 Feb 2020 - 09:18 pm
A general view shows people walking along a street in Galkayo, a city divided between the semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and Galmudug, in central Somalia, April 21, 2015. Picture taken April 21, 2015. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Slavery not a crime for almost half the countries in the world 12 Feb 2020 - 09:17 pm
People's shadows are cast in doorways at the