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Pandemic pushes forward new generation of African cyclists 30 Sep 2020 - 03:51 pm
Cyprine Odada (C), organiser for the Nairobi chapter of Critical Mass, a global alliance of cycling organisations that campaigns for better road safety, gestures among cyclists as they commemorate a friend who was killed while cycling in Nairobi, Kenya Se
Guinea election a 'war,' says president 23 Sep 2020 - 04:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Guinea President Alpha Conde arrives for an African Union summit meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Botswana says toxins in water killed hundreds of elephants 21 Sep 2020 - 03:20 pm
In this file photo taken on May 25, 2020 and provided on July 3, 2020 courtesy of the National Park Rescue charity shows the carcass of one of the many elephants which have died mysteriously in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL PARK RESC
Fire ravages Uganda's top university 20 Sep 2020 - 02:44 pm
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Witnesses say cargo plane crashes at airport in Mogadishu 19 Sep 2020 - 11:14 am
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Nigeria govt says doctor strike 'ill-timed' due to pandemic 09 Sep 2020 - 09:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr Aliyu Sokomba, President of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is seen during a news conference to announce the commencement of national resident doctors strike, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection continues to rise in
Virus-hit Morocco locks down Casablanca, shuts schools 07 Sep 2020 - 10:44 pm
Students attend the first day of classes amid measures put in place by Moroccan authorities in bid to stop the spread of Covid-19, in the city of Sale on September 7, 2020. Morocco has seen a spike in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. It recorded 2,234 n
Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour 07 Sep 2020 - 12:29 am
Flooding is seen in Lycee de Yoff Village in Dakar, Senegal, September 5, 2020, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Twitter/MouhammadCISS/Social Media via REUTERS.
Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour 06 Sep 2020 - 03:43 pm
Flooding is seen in Lycee de Yoff Village in Dakar, Senegal, September 5, 2020.
DR Congo prisoners dying from hunger: NGO 05 Sep 2020 - 03:18 pm
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Kenyans fear 'ecological disaster' if two swollen lakes merge 04 Sep 2020 - 12:47 pm
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Zimbabwe finds more elephant carcasses, death toll at 22 02 Sep 2020 - 07:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Zimbabwe suspects elephants died from bacterial infection 01 Sep 2020 - 02:26 pm
A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Ghana to reopen international airport after five months 31 Aug 2020 - 12:05 pm
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Landmark protest in Mauritius over giant oil spill 29 Aug 2020 - 09:17 pm
People wave the national flag as they attend a protest against the government's response to the oil spill disaster that happened in early August at St Louis Cathedral in Port Louis, on the island of Mauritius, on August 29, 2020. Beekash Roopun / L'Expres
Mali junta postpones first meeting over transfer of powers 29 Aug 2020 - 03:15 pm
Imam Mahmoud Dicko delivers a speech during a ceremony hosted by him and his organization, CMAS (Coordination of movements and associations sympathetic to Imam Mahmoud Dicko), in Bamako on August 28, 2020. AFP / ANNIE RISEMBERG
Oil not found in dead Mauritius dolphins - preliminary autopsy 27 Aug 2020 - 09:55 pm
A dolphin carcass lies near the water at Grand Sable, Mauritius August 26, 2020 in this image obtained by REUTERS
Africa now free of wild poliovirus, but polio threat remains 25 Aug 2020 - 08:52 pm
In this file photo taken on April 22, 2017 A Health worker administers a vaccine to a child during a vaccination campaign against polio at Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano in northwest Nigeria. The World Health Organization (WHO) is to certify the