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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is elected to serve second term in Algeria 08 Sep 2024 - 08:28 pm
A handout picture released by the Algerian Presidency Facebook page, shows Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune leaving a polling station after voting in Algiers on September 7, 2024. Photo by ALGERIAN PRESIDENCY FACEBOOK PAGE / AFP.
UN official says Sudan's war has killed at least 20,000 people 08 Sep 2024 - 04:23 pm
Displaced Sudanese who have returned from Ethiopia gather in a camp run by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Sudan's border town of Gallabat on September 4, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Fire breaks out at Kenya girls' school 07 Sep 2024 - 10:32 pm
Family members react after visiting the burned dorm room at the Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county on September 6, 2024 after a fire broke out killing 17 children. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP.
Algerians vote as Tebboune eyes easy re-election 07 Sep 2024 - 09:36 pm
An Algerian man votes at a polling station during the presidential election, in Algiers on September 7, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Anguished parents wait for news after Kenya school fire kills 17 07 Sep 2024 - 09:09 am
A woman reacts after visiting the burned dorm room at the Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county on September 6, 2024. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP)
West Africa flooding displaces nearly 950,000 people 06 Sep 2024 - 11:54 pm
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UN says more than 700,000 affected by South Sudan floods 06 Sep 2024 - 02:17 pm
Sudanese army soldiers look on as people use a boat in an inundated area in Tokar in the Red Sea State, following recent heavy flooding in eastern Sudan, on September 5, 2024. Photo by AFP
At least 17 children killed in Kenya school fire: police 06 Sep 2024 - 08:47 am
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First delivery of mpox vaccines arrives in DR Congo 05 Sep 2024 - 04:00 pm
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Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after being set on fire  05 Sep 2024 - 11:05 am
(Files) Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei (C) applies an ice bag on her head as she competes in the women's marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
Niger ups flood toll to 273 as historic mosque destroyed 04 Sep 2024 - 10:58 pm
(FILES) Displaced residents of Niamey collect water at tanks on September 11, 2019 in the makeshift camp of Saguia near the capital after the Niger river floods forced inhabitants out of the area. AFP / Boureima Hama. Picture for representational purposes only.
Senegal president set to dissolve parliament: PM 04 Sep 2024 - 07:53 pm
Bassirou Diomaye Faye speaks after being sworn in as Senegal's President at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar on April 2, 2024. (Photo by John WESSELS / AFP)
First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo Thursday 04 Sep 2024 - 07:13 pm
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)
Fuel scarcities, price hike deepen Nigerian frustrations 04 Sep 2024 - 05:56 pm
People wait to refill their jerrycans and fuel tanks at a fuel station in Lagos on September 4, 2024. (Photo by FAWAZ OYEDEJI / AFP)
At least 81 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram attack: officials 03 Sep 2024 - 08:50 pm
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Namibia's drought cull of more than 700 wildlife under way 03 Sep 2024 - 08:09 pm
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What to know about the mpox outbreak 03 Sep 2024 - 05:38 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.
Ethiopian Airlines says flights to Eritrea capital suspended 02 Sep 2024 - 11:12 pm
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