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World / Africa

Despair as Lagos neighbourhood razed for planned highway 15 Mar 2024 - 03:23 pm
A general view of destroyed structures after the demolition of some of the Jakande neighbourhood in Lagos on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Leslie Fauvel / AFP)
Republic of Congo reports first mpox virus cases, in several regions 14 Mar 2024 - 05:59 pm
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United Nations warns malnutrition is soaring in Sudan 14 Mar 2024 - 10:44 am
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South Africa's foreign minister says citizens fighting with Israeli forces in Gaza will be arrested 13 Mar 2024 - 09:39 pm
A boy sits among the rubble and scattered belongings of the Palestinian al-Atrash family, after their home was destroyed in an Israeli strike in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (Photo by AFP)
Ivory Coast rehousing victims of Abidjan mass evictions: govt 13 Mar 2024 - 09:14 pm
People shop at the market in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP)
Nigeria vows not to pay ransom to school students' kidnappers 13 Mar 2024 - 08:36 pm
A general view of writing on a wall outside a classroom at Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen. (Photo by Haidar Umar / AFP)
Sudanese Army says it took control of radio and television headquarters 12 Mar 2024 - 08:45 pm
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Gunshots, then chaos before Nigeria students' kidnapping 10 Mar 2024 - 12:41 pm
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Cut-price malaria vaccine to begin Africa rollout from May 09 Mar 2024 - 10:29 pm
In this photograph taken on February 27, 2024, a staff works inside the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine manufacturing unit of the Serum Institute of India (SII) at its headquarters in Hadapsar, Pune. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria 09 Mar 2024 - 10:18 pm
A general view of writing on a wall outside a classroom at Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen. (Photo by Haidar Umar / AFP)
Soaring food prices dampen Ramadan spirits in Nigeria 09 Mar 2024 - 05:10 pm
A man prays in front of the Lagos Central Mosque in Lagos on March 8, 2024, ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
UN Security Council calls for Sudan Ramadan ceasefire 08 Mar 2024 - 11:53 pm
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Rights activist detained in Chad, says lawyer 08 Mar 2024 - 10:47 pm
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DR Congo prosecutor seeks 20 years' jail for journalist 08 Mar 2024 - 06:35 pm
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Senegal's government sets March 24 as the new date for the delayed presidential election 07 Mar 2024 - 12:26 am
President of the National Assembly, Amadou Mame Diop (L) clasps his hands together as he enters the room at the start of the examination of the proposed amnesty law in Dakar on March 6, 2024. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Shady bleaching jabs fuel health fears, scams in West Africa 05 Mar 2024 - 01:28 pm
Customers approach a shop selling skin lightening cosmetic products at the Koumassi market, in Abidjan on February 26, 2024. (Photo by Sia Kambou / AFP)
Chad junta chief to contest May 6 presidential vote 02 Mar 2024 - 05:47 pm
Chad transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby greets supporters as he arrives at the Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ahead of the start of an inauguration meeting of a coalition of parties for his candidacy for the presidential election of May 6 in N'Djamena on March 2, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
At least 26 dead in migrant shipwreck off Senegal 29 Feb 2024 - 11:38 pm
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