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Obama warns of 'strange and uncertain times' in Mandela tribute 17 Jul 2018 - 09:12 pm
Barack Obama (R) speaks next to the Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Professor Njabulo Ndebele (L), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2ndL) and Patrice Motsepe, businessman and founder of the Motsepe Foundation, during the 2018 Nelson
No news in GBissau as public media workers join strike 17 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm
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Eritrea reopens embassy in Addis Ababa in fresh sign of thaw with Ethiopia 16 Jul 2018 - 10:48 am
Eritrea president Issaias Afeworki (L) is welcomed upon arrival by Prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed on July 14, 2018 at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for his official visit to Ethiopia after more than twenty years in border conflict among th
Eritrea President arrives in Ethiopia for state visit 14 Jul 2018 - 10:36 am
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki is welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed upon arriving for a three-day visit, at the Bole international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 14, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Cameroon minister ambushed in restive region, 'assailants killed' 13 Jul 2018 - 12:50 pm
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Cameroon calls video showing women shot dead propaganda 12 Jul 2018 - 09:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: 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
UN chief to meet Ethiopia's PM on Monday after peace deal with Eritrea 09 Jul 2018 - 11:15 am
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South Africa releases Zuma's son on bail after corruption charges 09 Jul 2018 - 10:28 am
Duduzane Zuma, the son of scandal-plagued former South African president Jacob Zuma, arrives at the JohannesburgÕs Specialised Commercial Crime court on charges of corruption, in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 9,2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Nine police killed in attack in western Tunisia: Report 08 Jul 2018 - 03:12 pm
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With hugs, leaders of rivals Ethiopia, Eritrea finally meet 08 Jul 2018 - 11:17 am
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian and Eritrean flags flutter during the welcoming ceremony of Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and his delegation at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Angola court acquits journalists of insulting the state 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm
Rafael Marques de Morais (Reuters file photo)
Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for abuses as reform wave rolls on 05 Jul 2018 - 10:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopians carry their national flag during a rally in support of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie/File Photo
Burundi school ban on expectant teens skewed against girls' education 04 Jul 2018 - 07:34 pm
Burundian refugee school girls listen to Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai at the Mahama refugee camp, Rwanda, July 14, 2016. Reuters/Katy Migiro
Tens of thousands of Kenyans go hungry after floods 04 Jul 2018 - 07:16 pm
A child walks in his house, which was partly destroyed by flooding water after a dam burst, in Solio town near Nakuru, Kenya May 10, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
South Africa's urban poor call for land reform 04 Jul 2018 - 07:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a billboard of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema in Soweto,  South Africa,  August 5, 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Kenyan county governor arrested on corruption charges 04 Jul 2018 - 11:39 am
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Drug use in Kenya's coast communities up as West-bound heroin flows through 03 Jul 2018 - 08:49 pm
A tourist rides on camel back at the Jomo Kenyatta public beach in coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya March 24, 2013. Reuters/Joseph Okanga
Ethiopia set to remove 3 armed groups from terror list 30 Jun 2018 - 06:25 pm
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