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'It swept everything': Kenya villagers count toll of dam deluge 29 Apr 2024 - 05:31 pm
A woman carrying her baby on the back looks on near her house in a muddy area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP
Kenya's Ruto seeks boost to World Bank fund for developing nations 29 Apr 2024 - 05:05 pm
Kenyan President William Ruto. Reuters file photo.
Crocodile hunting wanes but legends live on in DR Congo 29 Apr 2024 - 12:47 pm
Pauline, a Nile crocodile captured in 1953 and brought to the Eala botanical garden in 1978, rests between vegetation in Mbandaka, DR Congo, on April 13, 2024 (Photo by Arsene Mpiana / AFP)
Kenya flood death toll hits 76 27 Apr 2024 - 05:12 pm
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Ramaphosa lauds ANC record as S.Africa celebrates democracy 27 Apr 2024 - 04:59 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to questions in parliament surrounding cash allegedly kept on his private farm, and on frequent power outages, as South Africa's struggling power utility Eskom implements regular power cuts, in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 29, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Sudanese filmmakers shine light on war's 'silent problems' 27 Apr 2024 - 02:34 pm
Handout picture released by El Gouna Film Festival, Sudanese actress Eiman Yousif arrives to the screening of movie 'Goodbye Julia' on December 16, 2023. (Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo / El Gouna Film Festival / AFP)
Namibia inaugurates 400kV transmission line 26 Apr 2024 - 11:02 pm
Namibian Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo (1st L) visits the Auas substation in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)
Rwanda says DR Congo claims against Apple 'baseless' 26 Apr 2024 - 09:42 pm
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Herds of endangered hippos trapped in mud in drought-hit Botswana 26 Apr 2024 - 06:40 pm
A baby hippo walks on mud in a dried up channel near the Nxaraga village in the Okavango Delta on the outskirts of Maun on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Monirul Bhuiyan / AFP)
Kenya flood death toll since March climbs to 70 26 Apr 2024 - 05:09 pm
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French Indian Ocean island Mayotte reports local cholera cases 26 Apr 2024 - 04:39 pm
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US alarmed by signs of 'imminent offensive' in Sudan's Darfur 24 Apr 2024 - 09:38 pm
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10 dead as floods wreak havoc in Kenyan capital 24 Apr 2024 - 07:55 pm
Pedestrians hang off the back of a matatu (public transport bus) to avoid having to wade across a flooded section of road after a stream burst it's banks overnight following heavy seasonal rain in the capital, Nairobi on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
El Nino threatens grain shortages in southern Africa 24 Apr 2024 - 05:52 pm
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Sudanese displaced by conflict strive to rebuild lives in Egypt 22 Apr 2024 - 11:58 pm
A Sudanese barber works inside a barbershop at the Al-Sufi neighborhood in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Nigerian Tunde Onakoya breaks record for longest chess marathon 22 Apr 2024 - 09:13 am
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Cultural fusion shines at Chinese Language Day celebration in Nigeria 20 Apr 2024 - 09:49 pm
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58 die after boat capsizes in C.Africa: rescuers 20 Apr 2024 - 08:59 pm
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