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South Sudan cuts number of states from 32 to 10, unlocking peace process 15 Feb 2020 - 02:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Juba, South Sudan December 17, 2019.REUTERS/Jok Solomun
Namibia's first lady pledges to give all her wealth to charity 13 Feb 2020 - 10:59 pm
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Somalia executes two men by firing squad for girl's gang rape and murder 12 Feb 2020 - 09:18 pm
A general view shows people walking along a street in Galkayo, a city divided between the semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and Galmudug, in central Somalia, April 21, 2015. Picture taken April 21, 2015. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Slavery not a crime for almost half the countries in the world 12 Feb 2020 - 09:17 pm
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Thousands gather to bid farewell to Kenya's longest serving leader Moi 11 Feb 2020 - 12:27 pm
 Military officers prepare the coffin of late former Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi draped in the national flag during a memorial service at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi
Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe 10 Feb 2020 - 09:43 pm
A Villager inspects her failing maize crop in rural Bindura near Harare, Zimbabwe, March 1, 2019. Reuters / Philimon Bulawayo
Africa holds 'silence the guns' summit as new conflicts grow 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Prime Ministers of Ethiopia and Sudan Abiy Ahmed and Abdalla Hamdok attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa. M?nasse Wond?mu Ha?lu / Anadolu Agency
Fighting in southwest Cameroon disrupts voting 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
A woman casts her ballot during the general and municipal elections in Yaounde on February 9, 2020. AFP
Route cuts intended to make South African Airways sustainable: Rescue team 09 Feb 2020 - 12:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Passengers board a South African Airways plane at the Port Elizabeth International Airport in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Gambia's labouring farmers show why premature births may boom in a warmer world 07 Feb 2020 - 09:07 pm
Farmer Jankey Drammeh works in a communal vegetable garden in the village of Jali, Gambia, January 23, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
#MeToo Nigeria style: women opt for martial arts over marches 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
Adeola Olamide, a 35-year-old mother of three, joins her first self defense class, after being the victim of several assaults in Lagos, Nigeria January 25, 2020. Reuters/Seun Sanni
Cheap as bread, girls sell sex to survive crisis in Africa 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
A pedestrian walks by the community centre at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in the South African landmark township of Soweto on April 24, 2014. AFP / Mujahid Safodien
Poland sets date for pivotal election as row with EU deepens 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
Horse carriages stand near the Cloth Hall building in the old city center in Krakow on Febuary 5, 2020. AFP / Ludovic Marin
Daniel arap Moi, Kenya's iron-fisted second president 04 Feb 2020 - 06:37 pm
Newspapers with the headline on the death of former Kenya's president Daniel Arap Moi, are displayed, in Nairobi, on February 4, 2020. AFP / Simon Maina
Kenya's former President Daniel Arap Moi dies 04 Feb 2020 - 09:39 am
 In this file photo taken on December 28, 1992 Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi, who is also the leader of the ruling Kenyan African National Union (KANU) party shown brandishing a stick as he addresses members of his party/ AFP / ALEXANDER JOE
Twenty killed in Tanzanian church stampede: official 02 Feb 2020 - 10:23 am
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East African airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus 31 Jan 2020 - 11:19 am
Kenya Airways planes are seen parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport near Nairobi, Kenya November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
Attack kills 15 in eastern DR Congo 29 Jan 2020 - 04:49 pm
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