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World / Africa

South Africa snowfall closes roads, strands motorists overnight 21 Sep 2024 - 03:11 pm
This aerial view taken on September 21, 2024, shows cars driving on a road next to snowfall on farmlands near Warden, Free State province, South Africa. (Photo by Wikus de Wet / AFP)
Scientists in South Africa say they have identified the first known outbreak of rabies in seals 20 Sep 2024 - 06:08 pm
File photo used for demonstration purposes.
Third of Burundi mpox cases in children under five: UN 20 Sep 2024 - 03:09 pm
A man infected with Mpox lies on a bed inside a ward at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment center in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP
Mpox vaccines administered in Rwanda, first in Africa 19 Sep 2024 - 06:10 pm
A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP
Vaccine alliance secures deal for 500,000 mpox jabs for Africa 18 Sep 2024 - 01:29 pm
A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.
Zimbabwe defends elephant cull as easing drought pressure 17 Sep 2024 - 11:30 pm
File photo: A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. (Reuters)
At least eight dead after Sierra Leone building collapse 16 Sep 2024 - 11:41 pm
Rescue workers search through rubbles for survivors after a seven story building collapsed in Freetown on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Saidu Bah / AFP)
Mozambique to reduce dependence on imported medicines, says president 16 Sep 2024 - 09:26 pm
File: Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi
281 inmates escape after floods brought down prison's walls in Nigeria 16 Sep 2024 - 08:51 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP)
More than 40 dead after river boat capsizes in Nigeria 15 Sep 2024 - 06:10 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. People affected by floods are escorted through flood water on a military boat in Maiduguri on September 12, 2024. Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP.
Guinea gives land to victims of forced evictions 15 Sep 2024 - 05:02 pm
File photo used for demonstration purposes.
Uganda holds funeral for murdered Olympian Cheptegei 14 Sep 2024 - 07:49 pm
Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) officers play musical instruments and place the coffin of Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, in the middle of the common room for people to pay their respects and mourn her in the district headquarters of the village of Bukwo on September 14, 2024. Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP.
Algeria president re-elected with 84.3 percent of vote: official results 14 Sep 2024 - 04:17 pm
People walk past posters of Algeria's President Abdelmajid Tebboune outside an election campaign headquarters in Algiers on September 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Uganda holds funeral for murdered Olympian Cheptegei 14 Sep 2024 - 11:38 am
Friends and family react as they view the body of late marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei in Eldoret, western Kenya, on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Brian Ongoro / AFP)
Sudan museums' precious antiquities looted in war 13 Sep 2024 - 11:37 pm
File: A view of the entrance of Sudan National Museum in Khartoum on August 12, 2020. (Photo by Ashraf Shazly / AFP)
Comoros president wounded in knife attack 13 Sep 2024 - 10:53 pm
File: Incumbent Comoros President and presidential candidate for the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) party, Azali Assoumani (ccentre right), and Ambari Assoumani, First Lady of Comoros, leave after casting their ballots at the Mitsudje public school polling station in Moroni on January 14, 2024. (Photo by Olympia De Maismont / AFP)
Morocco sees first mpox case in North Africa during emergency: CDC 13 Sep 2024 - 05:26 pm
Photo for demonstration purposes. A patient with a severe form of the mpox epidemic is treated at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.
Senegal's president dissolves parliament to call a snap legislative election 12 Sep 2024 - 11:48 pm
File: Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye delivers a speech during the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation at the French Foreign Ministry, the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Dylan Martinez / POOL / AFP)