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40 killed in paramilitary shelling on Sudan market: medical source 01 Feb 2025 - 04:31 pm
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on October 12, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Benin seeks home-grown cotton 'revolution' 01 Feb 2025 - 10:16 am
A worker collects cotton in a field in Soclogbo, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict 31 Jan 2025 - 07:51 pm
(From left) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Zimbabwe and SADC Chairman Emmerson Mnangagwa and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi gesture ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare on January 31, 2025.  (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana / AFP)
Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitaries 31 Jan 2025 - 12:01 am
(FILES) Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the Flamingo Marine Base in Port Sudan on August 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
M23 "open to direct dialogue" with DR Congo government: coalition leader 30 Jan 2025 - 08:08 pm
Leader of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), Corneille Nangaa, a political-military movement of rebel groups including the M23 speaks during a press conference in Goma on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Russians held in Tunisia on 'terrorism' allegations 30 Jan 2025 - 07:42 pm
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Ethiopia aims to double electricity generation capacity by 2028: president 30 Jan 2025 - 05:30 pm
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Sudan rescuers say 7 killed at famine-hit camp in North Darfur 29 Jan 2025 - 09:16 pm
(FILES) This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. (Photo by AFP)
Plane crash in South Sudan kills 20 29 Jan 2025 - 04:42 pm
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South Sudan lifts social media shutdown, says objective achieved 28 Jan 2025 - 11:28 pm
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Thousands rally in Burkina, Niger to cheer ECOWAS exit 28 Jan 2025 - 09:18 pm
People gather to celebrate the withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Niamey on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Boureima Hama / AFP)
Gunshots in DR Congo's Goma as protesters attack embassies 28 Jan 2025 - 06:09 pm
Burning tires block a road during a demonstration against the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Hardy BOPE / AFP)
Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania brace for heavy rainfall ICPAC 28 Jan 2025 - 05:34 pm
A Kenyan firefighter gives directions to commuters as residents inspect a road heavily affected by floods following torrential rains in Kitengela, on May 1, 2024. Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP
Paramilitary attacks displace thousands in Sudan's North Darfur 28 Jan 2025 - 05:16 pm
File photo for representation: People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur on April 29, 2023. (AFP)
UN warns of 'worrying' humanitarian crisis in Congo's Goma 27 Jan 2025 - 11:42 pm
A member of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. (Photo by -STR / AFP)
Africa loses 18 bln USD annually due to conflict: African Union 27 Jan 2025 - 05:35 pm
File: The African Union logo is seen outside the AU headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 8, 2021.
Japanese man ends 6,000km Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town 26 Jan 2025 - 07:39 pm
Gump Suzuki (C), the Japanese runner and social media sensation who started in July 2024 an overland journey of 6400km from Kenya to South Africa, reacts with members of his support team as he takes a rest on the side of a highway from pushing his rickshaw as he nears his end-goal at the Waterfront in Cape Town on January 26, 2025. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries 26 Jan 2025 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) People cheer as Sudan's de facto leader, armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives at the market in Port Sudan on December 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)