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Cash and fuel crisis cranks up Nigeria election tensions 03 Feb 2023 - 08:19 pm
A man sits at a bus stop decorated with electoral campaign posters of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, with his running mate Kashim Shettima, ahead of Nigeria's Presidential election, in Lagos, Nigeria January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
S. African president shoots down plan to sponsor Tottenham 03 Feb 2023 - 06:27 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to questions in parliament surrounding cash allegedly kept on his private farm, and on frequent power outages, as South Africa's struggling power utility Eskom implements regular power cuts, in Cape Town, South Africa, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
Cash and fuel crisis cranks up Nigeria election tensions 03 Feb 2023 - 04:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed speaks during a panel discussion at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2022. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
Kenyan police sentenced for murder of rights lawyer 03 Feb 2023 - 04:27 pm
Former police officers and primary suspects in the murder of rights lawyer Willie Kimani and two others in 2016, Sergeant Fredlick ole Leliman (R) and his fellow officers Stephen Cheburet (2R), Sylvia Wanjiku (2L) along with a police informant, Peter Ngugi (L) stand in the dock during their sentencing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Pope Francis takes peace mission to S. Sudan after DR Congo 03 Feb 2023 - 02:48 pm
Attendees cheer ahead of the arrival of Pope Francis at the Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, on February 3, 2023. - Pope Francis is scheduled to land in Juba, in the first visit to South Sudan by a pope since the predominantly Christian nation gained independence from Muslim-majority Sudan in 2011 after decades of bloody struggle. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Cameroon makes arrests after journalist's death 02 Feb 2023 - 09:24 pm
Cameroon President Paul Biya. File photo / Reuters
South Africa’s Eskom board decides to eliminate COO position 02 Feb 2023 - 09:10 pm
An illuminated signboard on display outside the Eskom Regional Office in Braamfontein, Johannesburg during load-shedding (rolling blackout) on 31 January, 2023. (AFP)
UN rights expert in Sudan urges security reforms, accountability 02 Feb 2023 - 08:03 pm
The newly-appointed UN human rights expert, Radhouane Nouicer, holds a press conference during his visit to Sudan, in Khartoum on February 2, 2023. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)
Ethiopia's Orthodox Church lashes out at PM over rebel clergy 02 Feb 2023 - 07:49 pm
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jimma, Ethiopia, on June 16, 2021. File photo / Reuters
Richest African man building fourth cement plant in Nigeria 02 Feb 2023 - 06:50 pm
Founder and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group Aliko Dangote gestures during an interview with Reuters in his office in Lagos, Nigeria, file. (REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File)
Zimbabwe cuts world’s highest interest rate as inflation eases 02 Feb 2023 - 05:25 pm
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa visit the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, on the border with Zambia, on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Andrei STASEVICH / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus OUT
Zimbabwe approves law targeting civil society 02 Feb 2023 - 04:15 pm
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present the 2020 National Budget at Parliament Building in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Pope's push for peace in South Sudan faces tough hurdles 02 Feb 2023 - 10:35 am
Pope Francis (2nd R) meets with representatives of charities at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
After 102 children, Ugandan villager says enough is enough 02 Feb 2023 - 09:30 am
Musa Hasahya (C) pose for a picture with some of his wives, children and grandchildren outside their family home in Butaleja district in Eastern Uganda, on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP)
Spanish PM arrives in Morocco on visit to cement ties 01 Feb 2023 - 10:08 pm
Prime Minister of Morocco Aziz Akhannouch (right) receives Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez upon his arrival in Rabat, on February 1, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Ship stuck in Egypt's Suez, traffic unaffected: canal authority source 01 Feb 2023 - 07:01 pm
Suez Canal Authority tug boats tow the MV Glory after it recently became stuck in the waterway. File Photo / Reuters
Somalia summit vows 'final push' against Al-Shabaab 01 Feb 2023 - 04:33 pm
A general view shows a deserted street in front of the Presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, on December 28, 2021. File photo / Reuters)
S. Africa bowl in final one-day international against England 01 Feb 2023 - 02:38 pm
South Africa's Lungi Ngidi (C) celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of unseen England's Jason Roy during the third one day international (ODI) cricket match between South Africa and England at Mangaung Oval in Kimberley on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Marco Longari / AFP)