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South Africa's Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO 08 Jan 2023 - 06:58 pm
Andre de Ruyter, Group Chief Executive of state-owned power utility Eskom speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 31, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
Senegal declares national mourning after bus crash kills dozens 08 Jan 2023 - 05:34 pm
A general view of the scene of a bus accident in Kaffrine, central Senegal, on January 8, 2023 where at least 38 people have died and scores were injured when two buses collided. (Photo by Cheikh Dieng / AFP)
Suspected Mozambican kidnap king arrested in South Africa 08 Jan 2023 - 05:21 pm
South African law enforcement officers patrol an area of Cape Town on October 12, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Dozens killed in Senegal bus accident 08 Jan 2023 - 03:31 pm
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46 Ivorian soldiers depart Mali after pardon 07 Jan 2023 - 09:39 pm
Local residents read the headlines of local newspapers after the release of 46 Ivorian soldiers arrested in July 2022 in Mali, in Abidjan on January 7, 2023.  (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP)
Algerian poet, ex-minister says won't run for president 07 Jan 2023 - 06:41 pm
A man walks on a pavement in Algiers, Algeria, December 17, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
South  Sudan journalists detained over viral Kiir video 07 Jan 2023 - 04:26 pm
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a meeting on the cutting of the number of states from 32 to 10, at the State House in Juba, South Sudan February 15, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
South Africa has its first case of most transmissible Covid variant 07 Jan 2023 - 01:02 pm
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Nigeria to bar cash withdrawals from government accounts 06 Jan 2023 - 09:26 pm
A person holds a new 1000 Naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, December 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)
Ivorian troops on trial in Mali as deadline looms in row 05 Jan 2023 - 10:01 pm
Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta. File Photo / Reuters
Worst cholera outbreak in decades in Malawi kills 643 people 05 Jan 2023 - 07:37 pm
Pilirani Wanja, a clinician at Ndirande Health Centre, demonstrates to clients how to take the cholera vaccine in response to the latest cholera outbreak in Blantyre, Malawi, November 16, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Mauritania bars accused ex-president from leaving country 05 Jan 2023 - 04:57 pm
Mauritania's former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz / Reuters file photo  
Tunisia lawyers protest tax hike on legal services 05 Jan 2023 - 04:29 pm
Tunisian lawyers wear a red armband during a lawyers sit in protest against the new finance law, in front of the Tunis court, on January 5, 2023. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Mali avoids sanctions over detention of Ivorian soldiers 04 Jan 2023 - 11:31 pm
Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop attends a news in Moscow, Russia, on May 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Togo president visits Mali amid Ivorian soldier row 04 Jan 2023 - 10:17 pm
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe is mediating a diplomatic row over the detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers in Mali. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP)
Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia 04 Jan 2023 - 07:02 pm
A view shows smoke rising following a car bomb explosion at Somalia's education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 29, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. File Photo / Reuters
Nigeria to spend $7.5bn on petrol subsidy to mid-2023 04 Jan 2023 - 04:33 pm
Nigeria's Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed speaks during a panel discussion at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington on October 13, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Tanzanian president lifts ban on opposition political rallies 03 Jan 2023 - 09:10 pm
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. (AFP File photo)