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3 killed as gunmen attack bus near Kenya's border with Somalia 02 Jan 2020 - 06:14 pm
In this file photo taken on January 15, 2019 Special forces protect people at the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb. AFP / Luis Tato
Ugandan walkers plant trees to keep the climate fit 31 Dec 2019 - 08:59 pm
Members of the Walkers Association of Uganda plant trees outside a major factory in Kampala, Uganda, November 14, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/John Okot
Angola freezes assets of ex-president's daughter over corruption allegations 31 Dec 2019 - 11:50 am
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol, speaks during an interview in Luanda, Angola June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ed Cropley
Eighteen killed in new militia attack in eastern DR Congo 30 Dec 2019 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: A soldier from the the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo standing in position outside an FARDC camp during a patrol in Beni on November 13, 2018. AFP / John Wessels
French tourist injured in Seychelles shark attack 30 Dec 2019 - 10:40 am
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Guinea-Bissau votes in presidential runoff to end turmoil 29 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm
A Guinea-Bissau soldier casts his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Bissau, on December 29, 2019. / AFP / SEYLLOU
'World's oldest rhino' dies in Tanzania at 57 29 Dec 2019 - 06:05 pm
The rhino named Fausta is seen in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. December 29, 2019. /Reuters
DR Congo Ebola death toll 2,231 to date 29 Dec 2019 - 05:51 pm
Health workers carry a coffin containing a victim of Ebola virus in Butembo. May 16, 2019. / AFP / JOHN WESSELS
At least 90 people killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast 28 Dec 2019 - 05:38 pm
Somali soldiers secure the scene at a car bombing attack site in Mogadishu, on December 28, 2019. AFP / Abdirazak Hussein FARAH
Car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 61, spokesman says 28 Dec 2019 - 11:31 am
A Somali police officer walks past a wreckage at the scene of a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia December 28, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Flushed with fear: South Africa's sewage system collapse a 'time bomb' 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm
Mike Gaade from water rights organisation SAVE, points to water in the distance from his home in Lochvaal, South Africa, 29 November 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Kim Harrisberg
Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine 25 Dec 2019 - 05:00 pm
Representative image: A fisherman prepares lanterns to attract sardines after sunset for their overnight fishing at Lake Kivu, Kibuye, western Rwanda, on November 18, 2019. AFP / Simon Wohlfahrt
Sierra Leone grants Idris Elba, wife honorary citizenship 20 Dec 2019 - 06:48 pm
Enlgish actor Idris Elba (R) and wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba arrive for the world premiere of
Young Chadians seek to solve blackouts, joblessness with social businesses 18 Dec 2019 - 11:34 pm
Youssouf Ali Mbodou poses for a portrait in his office in N'Djamena, Chad. November 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
Smart solar pumps use big data to stop Africa being sucked dry 17 Dec 2019 - 11:01 pm
A Kenyan farmer carries the hose of his solar water pump in Kisumu county, Kenya on June 2018. Photo Courtesy: Futurepump/Dan Odero
Room for the night: Priced-out residents seek shelter in abandoned Lagos buildings 17 Dec 2019 - 11:01 pm
A view of the central business district is seen from a rooftop in Lagos, Nigeria in this February 10, 2016 photo. Reuters / Akintunde Akinleye
Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo 17 Dec 2019 - 11:01 pm
A Congolese child washes her hands as a preventive measure against Ebola at the Church of Christ in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 20, 2018. Reuters / Kenny Katombe
Doctors kidnapped in Kenya 'are well,' Cuba says 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Representative image (Cuban gediatrician Alina Gonzalez, 57, examines an elderly woman at the Longevity Research Center)where she works in Havana on October 11, 2019. AFP / Yamil Lage)

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