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Nigeria’s Tinubu lists tax, electricity as 2024 priorities 01 Jan 2024 - 06:34 pm
Bola Tinubu. File photo.
Congo's Tshisekedi wins reelection despite opposition objection 31 Dec 2023 - 06:48 pm
(FILES) Incumbent president President Felix Tshisekedi delivers a speech during his campaign rally in Goma, capital of North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 10, 2023. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)
Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat found dead in Kenya 31 Dec 2023 - 04:45 pm
(FILES) Uganda's Benjamin Kiplagat competes in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 15, 2016.  (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Kenya GDP grows, inflation slows in respite for battered economy 29 Dec 2023 - 09:00 pm
This photo taken on July 14, 2023, shows a hot air balloon at the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. (Xinhua)
UN hands control of its Timbuktu camp back to Mali 29 Dec 2023 - 04:58 pm
File photo: Militants attack UN camp in Mali's Timbuktu
Russia reopens embassy in Burkina Faso closed in 1992 28 Dec 2023 - 09:33 pm
Russia's ambassador to Ivory Coast, Alexey Saltykov (right) and Burkina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore, unveil a plaque during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the Russian Embassy in Burkina Faso, in Ouagadougou, on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Kiemtore Lassane Bruno / AFP)
Police prevent election protest in DR Congo capital 27 Dec 2023 - 05:56 pm
A Police officer throws a rock as opposition supporters run into a opposition leader Martin Fayulu's party house during a demonstration in Kinshasa on December 27, 2023. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
DR Congo bans protests against election 'irregularities' 26 Dec 2023 - 06:01 pm
A voter casts his vote at a polling station in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dec. 20, 2023. (Str/Xinhua)
Sudanese in 'total panic' as paramilitaries move south 26 Dec 2023 - 05:21 pm
KHARTOUM: Photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 28, 2023 shows damaged buildings in Khartoum, Sudan. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
Ethiopia fails to pay coupon, becoming latest African defaulter 25 Dec 2023 - 06:56 pm
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UNESCO listing brings new shine to North African metal art 25 Dec 2023 - 08:42 am
A Tunisian artisan engraves a design onto a copper plate at his shop in the souks of the medina of Tunis on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
Somali army kills 130 Al Shabab elements 24 Dec 2023 - 05:34 pm
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Probe says ex-Nigeria Central Banker opened 593 foreign accounts 22 Dec 2023 - 06:19 pm
The Central Bank of Nigeria's logo is seen on its headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 22, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Last French troops bow out of Africa's Sahel 22 Dec 2023 - 04:58 pm
The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Boureima Hama / AFP)
France to close embassy in Niger: diplomatic sources 22 Dec 2023 - 12:02 am
File: Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. The demonstrators converged at Concertation Square in the heart of the city, following a call by a coalition of civil society associations on a day marking the country's 1960 independence from France. (Photo by AFP)
DR Congo votes for president, MPs amid delays, conflict in east 20 Dec 2023 - 05:18 pm
Congolese police officers block an entry after voters forced their way into a voting station in Kinshasa on December 20, 2023. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Africa Cup of Nations organisers confident no repeat of Cameroon tragedy 20 Dec 2023 - 04:34 pm
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Hundreds battle wildfire threatening S. Africa naval base 20 Dec 2023 - 03:14 pm
A South African firefighter is seen near a house surounded by flames as a fire rages on the mountain above Simon's Town on December 20, 2023. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)