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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
Tunisia election turnout was 11.3%, electoral commission says 29 Jan 2023 - 10:33 pm
Farouk Bouasker, President of the Independent High Authority for Elections, speaks during the announcement of the provisional turnout for the second round of the parliamentary election in Tunis,Tunisia, January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Rwanda troops clash with DRC police: Congolese sources 29 Jan 2023 - 07:09 pm
Congolese policemen guard the border crossing point with Rwanda after a Congolese soldier was killed in a clash near an area where the Congolese army is fighting M23 rebels, following renewed tensions around Goma in the North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo on June 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Few voting in Tunisian election amid rise in president's powers 29 Jan 2023 - 06:32 pm
A Tunisian voter casts her ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Kenya wildlife officials defend lion vasectomy 29 Jan 2023 - 05:20 pm
A lioness walks along a road as visitors sit in their vehicles at Nairobi's National Park in Kenya's capital Nairobi, on July 12, 2014. File Photo / Reuters
Nigeria extends deadline to swap old currency notes by 10 days 29 Jan 2023 - 04:57 pm
A person holds a new 1000 Naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, December 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)
Catholics from eastern Congo make cross-country journey to meet pope 29 Jan 2023 - 04:35 pm
A faithful of the parish of St Charles prays as she attends the morning mass officiated by Abbey Victor Ntambwe, during which he sensitizes people to participate in the electoral process, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 22, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Eritrea troops still on Ethiopian soil - US 28 Jan 2023 - 07:06 pm
A building is seen through a bullet hole in a window of the Africa Hotel in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, on March 16, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Rwanda arrests six for insulting trailblazing female football ref 28 Jan 2023 - 05:00 pm
Mukansanga was the first woman from Rwanda to referee at the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the AFCON [Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters]
Italy's Meloni in Libya to conclude $8bn gas deal 28 Jan 2023 - 05:00 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the head of Libya's Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah attend a joint news conference in Tripoli, Libya on January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
Hundreds pay tribute to slain Eswatini rights activist 28 Jan 2023 - 04:47 pm
Eswatini's King Mswati III addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. File Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Congo revivalist churches draw in Catholics 28 Jan 2023 - 03:39 pm
Faithfuls pray inside the Emmanuel-Butsili Catholic Parish in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Erikas Mwisi Kambale
Italy's Meloni expected to sign major gas deal during Libya visit 28 Jan 2023 - 03:01 pm
Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah receives his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, in the capital Tripoli, on January 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
South Africa gets €280mn in EU grants for green transition 27 Jan 2023 - 10:04 pm
Smoke billows from the cooling towers of Kriel and Matla Power Stations, coal-fired stations of South African utility Eskom, as the company's ageing coal-fired plants cause frequent power outages, in Kriel, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa, January 17, 2023. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Development partners commit $30 billion to food production in Africa 27 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Women harvest eggplants for the market, on a field of farmer Mor Kabe in the outskirts of Notto Gouye Diama village, Thies region, Senegal, January 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)
Nigeria launches domestic card scheme in cashless bid 26 Jan 2023 - 09:49 pm
The Central Bank of Nigeria's logo is seen on its headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 22, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Russia's Lavrov on surprise visit to Eritrea 26 Jan 2023 - 08:11 pm
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South Africa signs deal with India to relocate dozens of cheetahs 26 Jan 2023 - 07:26 pm
A cheetah and her cub walk on the plains in Masai Mara game reserve, Southwest of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on November 1, 2012. Picture taken on November 1, 2012. File Photo / Reuters

Americas

(Files) US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP) US Fed chief warns of 'intimidation' after criminal subpoenas
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) Trump says US will take Greenland 'one way or the other'
Peninsula Wildfires destroy more than 15,000 hectares in Argentina Patagonia
(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'

Gulf

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Mexico's boxer David Picasso (L) fights Japan's boxer Naoya Inoue in the Inoue beats Picasso by unanimous decision in Saudi debut
Peninsula GCC condemns Israeli recognition of so-called "Somaliland"

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Peninsula Two Palestinians martyred in Israeli shelling targeting Khan Younis in southern Gaza
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
Peninsula UN delegation visits southern Syria to monitor Israeli incursions, violations against civilians
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