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World / Africa

Anti-French protesters rally in Burkina Faso 20 Jan 2023 - 09:45 pm
A demonstrator holds placards during a protest to support Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Gabon foreign minister dies after heart attack at cabinet meeting: govt 20 Jan 2023 - 05:11 pm
In this file photo taken on May 19, 2022 Michael Moussa Adamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, attends a UN Security Council ministerial debate over international peace and security, conflict and food security at UN headquarters. (Photo by Andrea Renault / AFP)
Sierra Leone passes law reserving 30% of jobs for women 19 Jan 2023 - 10:36 pm
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, on February 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Senegal opposition leader to run for president despite rape trial 19 Jan 2023 - 07:34 pm
Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was arrested on sexual assault accusations and released on bail under judicial supervision, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 8, 2021.  File Photo / Reuters
Mali gets more warplanes, helicopters from Russia 19 Jan 2023 - 07:25 pm
File photo: Twitter / @PresidenceMali
Algeria sentences ex-energy minister to 20 years in prison 19 Jan 2023 - 07:17 pm
Chakib Khelil addresses a news conference after the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Oran on April 19, 2010.  File Photo / Reuters
Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity 19 Jan 2023 - 04:57 pm
A health worker preapres a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal on February 23, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Congo police scatter protesters denouncing slow M23 rebel pullback 18 Jan 2023 - 10:20 pm
Congolese police talk to demonstrators calling on authorities to enforce an agreed withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied territory in the region, within Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti
Tiger euthanised in South Africa after escaping from private home 18 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Members of a local community policing forum search the nearby bushes for Sheba, an eight-year-old tiger that escaped from a nearby farm in the Walkerville area on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa on January 16, 2023 REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
Abducted Burkina women flee jihadist gunmen through bush 18 Jan 2023 - 07:59 pm
A woman pushes a barrel filled with water on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 30, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Davos 2023: Egypt sees high demand from investors after currency drop, says minister 18 Jan 2023 - 06:45 pm
General view of hotels, banks and office buildings by the Nile River in Egypt, on September 12, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Uber resumes services in Tanzania 18 Jan 2023 - 03:06 pm
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Congolese president says M23 rebels have not withdrawn as agreed 17 Jan 2023 - 11:10 pm
Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi speaks at Conservation, Climate Adaptation, and a Just Energy Transition forum, during the US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022, in Washington, US, December 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Nigeria will not postpone presidential vote, says election chief 17 Jan 2023 - 09:09 pm
Motorcycle taxi drivers carry passengers as they ride past campaign posters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in Ibadan, south-west of Nigeria on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Alabi / AFP)
War-torn Libya donates food supplies to fill bare Tunisia shelves 17 Jan 2023 - 07:57 pm
Libyan trucks carrying various food products pass the Ras Jedir border post with Tunisia, early on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Libyan Government of National Unity / AFP)
Tunisia president's former top aide jailed in absentia: media reports 17 Jan 2023 - 06:37 pm
In this file photo taken on September 02, 2020, Nadia Akacha, senior advisor to the Tunisian President in charge of Legal Affairs, attends the new government swearing-in ceremony at Carthage Palace on the eastern outskirts of the capital Tunis, following a confidence vote by parliament.  (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Somalia to Issue First New Banknotes in More Than Three Decades 17 Jan 2023 - 05:08 pm
Ali Yasin WardheerePhotographer: Mohamed Sheikh Nor/Bloomberg
Nigerians flock to get voting cards as election looms 17 Jan 2023 - 09:05 am
Three main candidates are vying to replace President Muhammadu Buhari (Reuters file photo).