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Refusing to wear a mask in Ethiopia could cost you two years in jail 22 Oct 2020 - 04:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask walks next to a truck spraying disinfectant on the street as part of measures to prevent the potential spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Gunfire heard, smoke seen rising in Nigeria's Lagos 22 Oct 2020 - 03:46 pm
A general view of smoke arising from the Ikoyi prison that is on fire in Lagos on October 22, 2020. AFP / Sophie BOUILLON
Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos 21 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
Protesters march at Alausa, the Lagos State Secretariat, in Lagos on October 20, 2020, after the Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo Olu, declared 24-hour curfew in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked cities
Curfew declared in Nigeria's Lagos as protests worsen 20 Oct 2020 - 03:10 pm
Protesters swarm the Allen Avenue roundabout during a demonstration in support of the ongoing protest against the unjust brutality of The Nigerian Police Force Unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), at Obafemi Awolowo way, Ikeja, Lagos, on October 1
South Africa's health minister tests positive for COVID-19 18 Oct 2020 - 11:14 pm
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Wildfire on Kilimanjaro under control, Tanzania says 16 Oct 2020 - 05:00 pm
A fresh dusting of snow sits atop the dormant volcano of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, in northern Tanzania, November 22, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/File Photo/File Photo
Kidnappings by pirates up 40% in Gulf of Guinea - IMB 14 Oct 2020 - 02:13 pm
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South Africa's Biovac in talks to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines 14 Oct 2020 - 01:08 pm
A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa, June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File
Nigeria protesters demand police reforms for sixth day 13 Oct 2020 - 03:39 pm
Demonstrator march at the Lekki toll Plaza to protest against abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos, on October 12, 2020.  AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Tanzanian firefighters battle blaze on slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro 13 Oct 2020 - 10:26 am
A satellite image shows smoke from a fire around the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania October 12, 2020. NASA MODIS Satellite Image/Handout via REUTERS
Kenya partially reopens schools, six months after COVID closed them 12 Oct 2020 - 02:47 pm
School teacher Elizabeth Nyabwa attends to a student inside a classroom at the Olympic Primary School during the partial reopening of schools, after the government scrapped plans to cancel the academic year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandem
Tunisia imposes night curfew to slow second wave of pandemic 08 Oct 2020 - 12:31 am
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25 civilians killed in Burkina attack: UN 07 Oct 2020 - 07:41 pm
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Kenya to reopen schools for some as virus cases drop 06 Oct 2020 - 11:34 pm
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Sudan, rebel groups ink landmark peace deal 03 Oct 2020 - 05:17 pm
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Chad President Idriss Deby attend the signing of peace agreement between the Sudan's transitional government and Sudanese revolutionary movements to en
Rwanda genocide survivors want speedy trial for Kabuga, but court faces delays 01 Oct 2020 - 04:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Eric Emeraux, head of the Gendarmerie's Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity, Genocides and War Crimes (OCLCH), displays documents with a wanted poster depicting a photograph of Felicien Kabuga during an interview with Reuters
International flights land in S.Africa as borders reopen 01 Oct 2020 - 02:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: Two Airbus A320neo airplanes of German carrier Lufthansa are parked as air traffic is affected by the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Frankfurt, Germany, March 23, 2020. Arne Dedert/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Flooding devastates farms in parts of Sudan: UN 30 Sep 2020 - 06:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A truck is seen in the waters of the Blue Nile floods within the Al-Ikmayr area of Omdurman in Khartoum, Sudan August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah