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Senegal awaits presidential poll outcome as opposition takes lead 25 Mar 2024 - 01:55 pm
People queue at a polling station in a school in HLM Grand Medine on the outskirts of Dakar, on March 24, 2024 during the Senegalese presidential elections. (Photo by Carmen Abd Ali / AFP)
Senegal votes in a tightly contested presidential race after months of unrest 24 Mar 2024 - 10:48 pm
A polling station official shows a ballot to party assessors ballots at the start of the counting proceedings in Dakar, on March 24, 2024. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
Ethiopia to open up real estate to foreign buyers 24 Mar 2024 - 08:14 pm
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (AFP File Photo)
Malawi seeks $200mn aid over El Nino-linked starvation risk 24 Mar 2024 - 05:33 pm
File: Fishing boats are seen on the shore of the Lake Malawi at the Senga village on May 20, 2019. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)
Senegal votes for new president after years of crisis 24 Mar 2024 - 02:16 pm
People queue at a polling station in a school in HLM Grand Medine on the outskirts of Dakar, on March 24, 2024 during the Senegalese presidential elections. (Photo by Carmen Abd Ali / AFP)
More than 250 kidnapped Nigerian school students released 24 Mar 2024 - 11:19 am
(Files) A general view of Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen. (Photo by Haidar Umar / AFP)
Uganda's president appoints son as top commander of the army, raising succession concerns 22 Mar 2024 - 01:20 am
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US announces over $47 million in humanitarian aid for war-torn Sudan 21 Mar 2024 - 07:17 pm
A picture taken on March 20, 2024, shows children who fled Khartoum and Jazira states in war-torn Sudan standing near tents at a camp for the internally displaced in southern Gadaref state. (Photo by AFP)
UN Security Council discusses food insecurity in Sudan 20 Mar 2024 - 09:55 pm
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Sudan among 'worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory': UN 20 Mar 2024 - 07:32 pm
A Sudanese refugee walks back from collecting water in the newly established Awulala refugee camp, near Maganan, 80 km from the Sudanese border in Ethiopia's Amhara region, on February 28, 2024.  (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
South Africa court orders partial freeze on Zuma's accounts 20 Mar 2024 - 06:43 pm
File: 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)
DR Congo reporter to remain in jail pending appeal: lawyer 20 Mar 2024 - 12:34 am
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11 students from top Kenyan university killed in bus crash 19 Mar 2024 - 11:53 am
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DR Congo reporter gets 6 months over military intelligence story 18 Mar 2024 - 10:25 pm
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Tunisian coast guard rescues 34 illegal migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean 16 Mar 2024 - 09:07 am
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Released Senegal opponent Sonko makes first public appearance in months 15 Mar 2024 - 09:11 pm
Demonstrators hold a picture of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as they celebrate Sonko's and presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye's release from prison in Dakar on early March 15, 2024. (Photo by Guy PETERSON / AFP)
Sonko and Diomaye: Senegal's anti-establishment figureheads 15 Mar 2024 - 07:42 pm
Supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate after the two men were released from prison, in Dakar on March 14, 2024. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Senegal top court upholds March 24 presidential vote 15 Mar 2024 - 05:14 pm
A supporter of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrates with flares after the two men were released from prison, in Dakar on March 14, 2024. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)