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Mauritanian presidential election set for June 29 20 Apr 2024 - 06:54 pm
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Kenya mourns defence chief killed in helicopter crash 19 Apr 2024 - 02:46 pm
A man looks at a newspaper with the headline of the death of defence chief General Francis Omondi Ogolla and nine other senior military officers who were killed in a helicopter crash, in Nairobi on April 19, 2024. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP
A decade on, Nigeria army rescues abducted Chibok girl 18 Apr 2024 - 11:35 pm
File photo: Some of the freed Chibok school girls at the state House in Abuja, Nigeria.
Kenya's Ruto calls urgent meeting after military chopper crash 18 Apr 2024 - 06:58 pm
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World donors pledge $2.1 billion in aid for war-stricken Sudan to ward off famine 15 Apr 2024 - 08:20 pm
Delegates attend the international conference on Sudan, in Paris on April 15, 2024, exactly a year after war broke out between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. (Photo by Bertrand Guay / AFP)
Top diplomats meet in Paris to mobilize aid for Sudan, wrecked by war and on the brink of famine 15 Apr 2024 - 11:09 am
France's Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Stephane Sejourne (C) welcomes EU commissioner for
With French under fire, Mali uses AI to bring local language to students 14 Apr 2024 - 10:01 pm
Bourama Diallo, who was always nervous in French-only public school, says he loved learning through the RobotsMali program. Photo by Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali for The Washington Post
Thousands protest in Niger for US troops to leave 13 Apr 2024 - 07:22 pm
Young boys gather on top of a car while displaying flags of Niger, Burkina Faso and Russia during a demonstration for the immediate departure of United States Army soldiers deployed in northern Niger in Niamey, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Rwandan expelled from US given life genocide term 13 Apr 2024 - 06:00 pm
(FILES) Beatrice Munyenyezi (C), 51, who is the first high profile female genocide suspect deported to Rwanda from the US and being charged with seven crimes related to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is escorted by police officers at the Kicukiro Primary Court in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 28, 2021. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP)
Nigeria first to use 'revolutionary' meningitis jab: WHO 12 Apr 2024 - 09:47 pm
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Mali PM says elections will only happen once stabilised 12 Apr 2024 - 09:22 pm
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Sudan humanitarian crisis may worsen and spread: UN 12 Apr 2024 - 07:50 pm
(FILES) A picture taken on March 20, 2024, shows a displaced woman and her children sitting in the shade of a straw hut at a camp in southern Gadaref state for people who fled Khartoum and Jazira states in war-torn Sudan. (Photo by AFP)
Seven villagers killed in DR Congo's Virunga park 12 Apr 2024 - 07:37 pm
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S.Africa's electoral body takes candidate Zuma's case to top court 12 Apr 2024 - 05:12 pm
Former South African President Jacob Zuma (C) walks out of court after the private prosecution trial, where Zuma is suing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over a leaked medical report linked to a 1990s arms corruption trial, in Johannesburg on April 11, 2024. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)
At least a dozen killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya 12 Apr 2024 - 05:08 pm
File photo for representational purposes. Pedestrians try to pass a flooded street following heavy rains at Kiembeni district in Mombasa on November 17, 2023. (STRINGER / AFP)
Three killed in Ethiopia shootout as regional rebellions spill into capital 12 Apr 2024 - 04:57 pm
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UN calls on Sudan's conflicting parties to abide by ceasefire 12 Apr 2024 - 12:27 am
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South Africa's ex-president Zuma wins court bid to run in May election 09 Apr 2024 - 06:04 pm
 Former South African president Jacob Zuma attends a press briefing at the YMCA Community Hall in Soweto on December 16, 2023. Photo by Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP.