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Tanzania agrees to return Burundi refugees home, Minister says 28 Aug 2019 - 02:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burundian refugee children pose for a photograph at the Lake Tanganyika stadium in Kigoma western Tanzania, May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Uganda launches national airline with flight to Kenya 27 Aug 2019 - 05:15 pm
Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda (2R) flanked by Minister of World and Transprt Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege (2L) and the State Minister for Tourism Godfrey Kiwanda (R) take part in the launching ceremony of Uganda Airline’s maiden flight to Jomo Kenya
African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry 27 Aug 2019 - 12:16 am
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Amnesty demands justice for Cameroon victims at soldiers' murder trial 26 Aug 2019 - 09:05 pm
Cameroonian soldiers from the Rapid Intervention Brigade tell a young boy to stay back while on patrol in Kerawa, Cameroon, March 16, 2016. Joe Penney / Reuters
Congo President, PM name govt for 1st time since Dec poll win 26 Aug 2019 - 10:08 am
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DR Congo announces new govt 7 months after president inaugurated 26 Aug 2019 - 08:38 am
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Nigeria's Buhari assigns new ministers 21 Aug 2019 - 06:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari greets his supporters after Friday prayers in his hometown Daura, in Katsina State, ahead of the country's presidential election, Nigeria February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Zimbabwe police deploy hundreds in Gweru, MDC challenges another protest ban 20 Aug 2019 - 11:22 am
Riot police officers keep watch outside the Tredgold Building Magistrate court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Zimbabwe deploys security forces over banned march 19 Aug 2019 - 03:00 pm
Police officers patrol near Tredgold Magistrates courts on August 19, 2019, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AFP / Zinyange Auntony
19 killed in Uganda fuel truck blast: police 19 Aug 2019 - 02:45 pm
People look towards a fire following a fuel truck collision in Rubirizi, Uganda August 18, 2019 in this still image taken from social media video.
Chad president declares emergency in east after ethnic violence 18 Aug 2019 - 04:41 pm
Chadian President Idriss Deby is escorted as he arrives for the signing of the Sudan's power sharing deal, that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventual elections, following the overthrow of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, S
2 Ebola patients in Congo "cured" with drugs, say doctors 13 Aug 2019 - 05:51 pm
A young woman reacts as a health worker injects her with the Ebola vaccine, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
Police say 62 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion 10 Aug 2019 - 05:30 pm
Police tape cordons off the area where the carcass of a burnt-out fuel tanker is seen along the side of the road following an explosion on August 10, 2019, in Morogoro, 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam.  AFP / STRINGE
Tanzania fuel tanker blast kills 57 10 Aug 2019 - 11:53 am
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1,800 dead as malaria 'epidemic' rages in Burundi: UN 06 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
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DR Congo tests 12 more patients for Ebola 03 Aug 2019 - 06:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Olivia Acland
Mozambique's last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms 01 Aug 2019 - 03:06 pm
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Kenya hotel complex that al-Shabab stormed this year reopens 31 Jul 2019 - 06:13 pm
Workers are seen at the DusitD2 Hotel during its reopening ceremony since its closure following an attack by Al Shabaab-affiliated militant that killed at least 21 people in Nairobi, Kenya, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer