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At least 24 dead in landslides in Western Kenya 23 Nov 2019 - 01:41 pm
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Zimbabwe's vice president returns after four months in China receiving medical treatment 23 Nov 2019 - 11:28 am
 FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga speaks at a mining investment conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 28, 2018.REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
South Africa court to rule next week on Zuma's appeal against graft trial 22 Nov 2019 - 09:00 pm
Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane (2ndL), part of former South African President Jacob Zuma's legal team, speaks to advocate Anton Katz (R), legal representative of the French Defence company Thales, before the trail of South Africa's embattled former president Ja
Mobile phone warnings set to aid climate-vulnerable Somali nomads 21 Nov 2019 - 10:45 pm
An internally displaced man looks at the carcasses of his goats and sheep in the outskirts of Dahar town of Puntland state in northeastern Somalia, December 15, 2016. Reuters/Feisal Omar
South African family brings body to insurance office for burial money 21 Nov 2019 - 06:18 pm
In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, two women can be seen schlepping a blue plastic body bag into an insurance office as stunned clients look on.
South African Airways suspends flights to Hong Kong to curb losses 21 Nov 2019 - 12:55 pm
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
Homes, land destroyed as desperate Zimbabweans turn to illegal gold mining 20 Nov 2019 - 10:54 pm
A man counts bond notes near a vegetable market in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 23, 2019. Reuters / Philimon Bulawayo
Thunberg, Cameroon peace activist receive children’s award 20 Nov 2019 - 10:06 pm
Indian children's right's activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi (L) presents the International Children's Peace Prize 2019 to German climate activist Luisa Neubauer (C) and Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum in The Hague on
Ethiopia's Sidama people vote on regional state 20 Nov 2019 - 10:00 am
In this file photo taken on July 15, 2019 The unofficial green, blue and red flag of the advocated region for the Sidama ethnic group (L), the largest in southern Ethiopia, flies next to the Ethiopian national standard at Hawassa city during celebrations
Camel-riding gunmen kill six in Nigeria 18 Nov 2019 - 02:39 pm
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West Africa boot camp seeks artificial intelligence fix for climate-hit farmers 17 Nov 2019 - 08:15 pm
Students take part in an AI programming course at the Dakar Institute of Technology in Dakar, Senegal. November 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
Hit by drought and power cuts, Zimbabwe steps up battery storage 17 Nov 2019 - 08:15 pm
A view of a traffic light powered by solar panels in the central business district of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, July 14, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Lungelo Ndhlovu
32 'terrorists' killed during Burkina Faso army operations 17 Nov 2019 - 04:18 pm
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Burkina Faso army says 32 'terrorists' killed in two operations 17 Nov 2019 - 02:57 pm
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Zimbabwe bans new electric water heaters to save energy 13 Nov 2019 - 03:16 pm
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Johannesburg seeks to avert 'ecological disaster' from beetle-infested trees 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Some of the millions of trees making up Johannesburg's man-made forest are pictured on October 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg
Zimbabwe prepares massive elephant rescue as drought worsens 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
A marabou stork stands on an elephant carcass at a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Bloody nightmare? Do-good health businesses struggle in Cameroon 07 Nov 2019 - 08:24 pm
Christelle Timdi grilling fish at her stall in Yaounde, Cameroon on August 23, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Inna Lazareva