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South Africa reports first case of local transmission of coronavirus 12 Mar 2020 - 12:34 pm
Tshepo Mabasa, 33, walks among cars selling hand sanitizers for 20 rand (1,10 euros) in Johannesburg, on March 11, 2020, amid the outbreak of COVID-19, the new coronavirus. South Africa has registered 13 cases of the new coronavirus. / AFP / Guillem Sarto
Burkina Faso 'vigilante' attacks kill dozens 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
French Army soldiers holds detectors while searching for the presence of Improvised Explosive Devices during the Burkhane Operation in northern Burkina Faso on November 12, 2019. AFP / Michele Cattani
Family honours dream of son lost in Ethiopia plane crash 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
Joshua Babu and his wife Emily Chelangat, who lost their son and daughter-in-law to the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, sit with their family members during a Reuters interview at their home in Nairobi, Kenya March 7, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Report from Ethiopia expected this week in Boeing Max crash 08 Mar 2020 - 05:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Boeing is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Congo to quarantine visitors from four virus-affected nations 07 Mar 2020 - 01:10 pm
People wearing face masks ride the BTS Skytrain station in Bangkok on March 7, 2020.  AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Ethiopia chides US for 'undiplomatic' role in Nile Dam talks 03 Mar 2020 - 06:35 pm
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
Africa readies for new virus as cases confirmed on continent 02 Mar 2020 - 09:17 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti speaks during a news briefing in Nairobi, Kenya March 2, 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Congo president calls for inquiry into death of top general 01 Mar 2020 - 07:11 pm
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi arrives at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
Guinea-Bissau interim president resigns after two days in post 01 Mar 2020 - 07:11 pm
Guinea-Bissau's newly elected president Umaro Cissoko Embalo raises his arm during his swearing-in ceremony in Bissau, Guinea Bissau February 27, 2020. Reuters/Alberto Dabo
Guinea to vote Sunday on contested referendum 28 Feb 2020 - 06:09 pm
A referendum campaign poster supporting the reform of the constitution where it reads
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