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Nigeria confirms coronavirus case, first in sub-Saharan Africa 28 Feb 2020 - 01:01 pm
A view of the central business district is seen from a rooftop in Lagos, Nigeria, February 10, 2016. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
Ethiopia asks US to postpone final talks on Blue Nile dam 26 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
File photo: A cloud of dust rises from a dynamite blast as part of construction work at Grand Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia, March 31, 2015. Reuters / Tiksa Negeri
South Sudan's path to peace still littered with obstacles 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
South Sudanes President Salva Kiir (3rd-L) shakes hands with First Vice President Dr Riek Machar (2nd-L) as Third Vice President Taban Deng Gai (L), Second Vice President James Wani Igga (2nd-R) and Fourth Vice President Rebecca Garang attend their sweari
Togo counts votes as challenger claims 'fraud' 23 Feb 2020 - 03:33 pm
A polling station official counts the marked ballot papers at a polling station in Lome on February 22, 2020 during the first round of Togo presidential vote. AFP / YANICK FOLLY
Togo goes to polls as president seeks likely fourth term 22 Feb 2020 - 06:57 pm
Opposition leader and presidential candidate of ANC (National Alliance for Change) Jean-Pierre Fabre casts his ballot during presidential election, in Lome, Togo February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Thousands hit streets of Algiers on protest movement anniversary 22 Feb 2020 - 04:48 pm
Algerian protesters march national flags during their weekly anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers, on February 21, 2020. / AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Zambia mobs kill 43 suspected gas-spray attackers 22 Feb 2020 - 02:37 pm
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'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen 21 Feb 2020 - 06:21 am
Kenyan climate activist Makenna Muigui works on her computer at her home in Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nita Bhalla
South Sudan's warring leaders to form long-delayed unity government 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
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Nothing left: Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm 19 Feb 2020 - 06:30 pm
Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi looks at the damage caused to her crops after locusts swarm descended on it in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts 19 Feb 2020 - 06:21 pm
A soldier of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) gestures after spraying locust swarms with insecticides, with the hopes of killing the locusts, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. AFP / Sumy Sadurni
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads 18 Feb 2020 - 08:44 pm
A desert locust is seen feeding on a plantation in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Kenyan farmers find sweet spot with nutritious, drought-hardy crop 18 Feb 2020 - 08:42 pm
Workers produce sweet potato products at a processing factory in Maua, Meru County, Kenya, January 26, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Caroline Wambui
Huge locust outbreak in East Africa reaches South Sudan 18 Feb 2020 - 07:21 pm
Samburu men attempt to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts flying over a grazing land in Lemasulani village, Samburu County, Kenya January 17, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Congo's irksome 'sheep-jumps' jam traffic, confound president 18 Feb 2020 - 01:58 pm
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Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi with 6,000 bodies 17 Feb 2020 - 04:17 pm
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South Sudan rebels reject president's peace compromise 16 Feb 2020 - 11:41 am
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a meeting on the cutting of the number of states from 32 to 10, at the State House in Juba, South Sudan February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jok Solomun
Over 6,000 bodies found in Burundi's mass graves 15 Feb 2020 - 03:50 pm
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