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Nigeria records 39 mpox cases this year 16 Aug 2024 - 03:49 pm
(FILES) This undated file image obtained from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple), cultured in the laboratory. (Photo by Handout / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AFP)
Uganda garbage landslide death toll rises to 34 16 Aug 2024 - 01:05 pm
A Red Cross officer runs for help following a landfill collapse in Kampala on August 10, 2024. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)
Arab League affirms position on efforts to achieve peace in Sudan 15 Aug 2024 - 10:21 pm
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Kenyans ridicule 'hideous' statue of Olympic star Kipyegon 15 Aug 2024 - 02:41 pm
Gold medallist Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates on the podium after competing in the women's 1500m final of the athletics event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)
Sudan ceasefire talks start despite army no-show 15 Aug 2024 - 12:37 am
Women shout slogans as they take part to a demonstration on the opening day of Sudan ceasefire talks, in Geneva, on August 14, 2024. US-sponsored talks on agreeing a ceasefire in the devastating conflict in Sudan kicked off in Switzerland, despite the Sudanese government staying away. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Turkiye says Ethiopia and Somalia made 'notable progress' in dispute settlement talks 13 Aug 2024 - 06:49 pm
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South Africa's unemployment reaches new highs 13 Aug 2024 - 02:18 pm
People chat as they gather in the street to watch a building that caught fire in Johannesburg on August 11, 2024. Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP.
US to convene Sudan talks, even without Khartoum 12 Aug 2024 - 11:33 pm
A Sudanese man sits amid the destruction in his village near the northern Sudanese town of Dongola on August 11, 2024 as floodwaters devastated the region disrupting transport, destroying houses and rendering thousands of people homeless. (Photo by AFP)
Sudan at 'cataclysmic breaking point', says UN agency 12 Aug 2024 - 06:10 pm
People already displaced by conflict, rest by tents at a makeshift campsite they were evacuated to following deadly floods in the eastern city of Kassala on August 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Turkiye to host second round of talks between Ethiopia, Somalia 11 Aug 2024 - 11:58 pm
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Algerians flee wildfires in country's northeast 11 Aug 2024 - 09:21 pm
File photo of wildfires in Algeria / AFP
Egyptian president hails Egypt's 3 medalists at Paris 2024 Olympics 11 Aug 2024 - 06:00 pm
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Rwanda's Kagame sworn in for fourth term 11 Aug 2024 - 05:42 pm
Incumbent President of Rwanda and Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) presidential candidate Paul Kagame casts his ballot at the SOS Kinyinya polling station in in Kigali, on July 15, 2024. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
South Africa sees two-thirds of murders going unsolved 11 Aug 2024 - 04:45 pm
(FILES) A general view of a damaged road in Johannesburg on July 20, 2023, following an unexplained explosion which occurred during rush hour on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)
Death toll from Uganda rubbish dump collapse reaches 18 11 Aug 2024 - 04:23 pm
A Red Cross officer runs for help following a landfill collapse in Kampala on August 10, 2024. Eight people including two children were killed when mountains of garbage collapsed at a landfill in the Ugandan capital Kampala on August 10, the city authority said. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)
Libya mediators end armed clashes near Tripoli: source 10 Aug 2024 - 07:36 pm
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Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say 10 Aug 2024 - 06:06 pm
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Two children among eight dead in Uganda rubbish dump collapse 10 Aug 2024 - 04:02 pm
People look on as an excavator helps search for people trapped under debris after a landfill collapsed in Kampala on August 10, 2024. Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP