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World / Africa

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)
Boom times for francophone Africa's TV and film industry 01 Feb 2023 - 10:06 am
The French rapper Kery James acts while filming Banlieusard 2, in the forest of Bandia in Sindia, region of Thies west center of Senegal, on December 17, 2022. - Banlieusard 2 is scheduled for release on Netflix later this year. The American streaming giant is making its mark in francophone West Africa, part of a broader surge in audiovisual production in the region following years of sluggishness. Outside Nollywood in anglophone Nigeria, production has been rising fast, driven by Senegal and Ivory Coast. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
'Hands off Africa,' Pope Francis tells rich world 01 Feb 2023 - 12:08 am
People gather on the side of the road to get a glimpse of Pope Francis (not seen) as he departs the N'djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 31, 2023. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP)
Rights groups urge probe into death of Rwanda journalist 31 Jan 2023 - 11:14 pm
Rwandan president Paul Kagame addresses delegates at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda on March 25, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
UN sounds alarm on trafficked medicines in the Sahel 31 Jan 2023 - 10:13 pm
A vendor writes as she stands in a legal pharmacy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on October 16, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Southern African bloc urges diaogue, probe after Eswatini lawyer killing 31 Jan 2023 - 08:25 pm
Members of various Human Rights Defender (HRD) groups hold a protest against the brutal killing of renowned human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko at his home in the kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on January 30, 2023. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Nigeria's Buhari visits stronghold amid riots over currency swap 31 Jan 2023 - 07:27 pm
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrives at the opening session of the 35th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 5, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Sanctions a 'blessing' in disguise, Belarus leader tells Zimbabwe 31 Jan 2023 - 07:20 pm
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (left) with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa upon his arrival at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, on January 31, 2023 after a signing ceremony of bilateral agreements for economic cooperation between the two countries. (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana / AFP)
Suspected jihadists kill 28 in troubled Burkina Faso 31 Jan 2023 - 07:11 pm
In this file photo taken on September 30, 2022 Burkina Faso soldiers are seen deployed in Ouagadougou. - An attack by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso has killed 13 people, including 10 military police, the army said on January 31, 2023. (Photo by Olympia DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Pope arrives in DR Congo on 'beautiful trip' to Africa 31 Jan 2023 - 05:31 pm
Pope Francis arrives at the N'djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo , on January 31, 2023. (Photo by Alexis Huguet / AFP)
Nigerian senator in UK court accused of organ harvesting 31 Jan 2023 - 05:20 pm
Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of Nigeria's former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, leaves the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, in London on January 31, 2023. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP)
Regional armies pound militant bases in Lake Chad basin 30 Jan 2023 - 10:18 pm
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Tunisia reports low turnout in second vote for defanged parliament 30 Jan 2023 - 09:55 pm
Members of the election committee empty a ballot box to count votes at a polling station during the second round of the parliamentary election in Tunis, Tunisia on January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Mali investigators see breakthrough in murder mystery 30 Jan 2023 - 05:36 pm
Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop attends a news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured), in Moscow, Russia on May 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
New tiger goes on the loose in Johannesburg 30 Jan 2023 - 04:43 pm
A tiger was spotted in Edenvale, Johannesburg on 30 January 2023. PHOTO: Supplied/Screenshot
Horn of Africa drought drives 22 million to hunger 30 Jan 2023 - 12:54 pm
Children walk at a school in the camp for internally displaced people of Farburo in the village of Adlale, near the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on January 11, 2023. - The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. And the next rainy season, from March to May, is also expected to be below average. According to the UN, drought has plunged 12 million people into
Gunmen kill 8 at birthday party in S.Africa: police 30 Jan 2023 - 08:20 am
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Islamist rebels kill at least 15 in eastern DR Congo 29 Jan 2023 - 10:55 pm
A soldier of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) takes cover during exchanges of fire with members of the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) in Opira, North Kivu, on January 25, 2018. File Photo / AFP

Americas

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 11, 2026 shows Cuba's President and First Secretary Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) before a family photo during the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025; and US President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One before travelling to South Korea, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on October 29, 2025.(Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late'
(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on October 31, 2025 shows (L) Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking during a press conference on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, 2025, and (R) China's President Xi Jinping taking part in a meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Arif Kartono and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) Canada's Carney plans to talk trade, relations during China visit
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Middle East

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Children sit on doorstep of a damaged building in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP) 439 Palestinians killed since Gaza ceasefire agreement began: Human Rights Center
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