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'They fooled us': Benin bulldozes district, leaving residents homeless 12 Sep 2019 - 09:17 pm
People walk among rubble of demolished houses in Xwlacodji, in the 5th arrondissement of Cotonou on September 3, 2019, after the passage of bulldozers. AFP / Yanick Folly
At least 50 dead in Congo after train derails - minister 12 Sep 2019 - 02:13 pm
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Mugabe's body arrives home to divided Zimbabwe, burial dispute 11 Sep 2019 - 09:18 pm
The official ceremony held upon the arrival of the body of Robert Mugabe at Harare International Airport Zimbabwe on September 11, 2019. (Wilfred Kajese/Anadolu Agency)
Mugabe's body expected in Zimbabwe, burial place still a mystery 11 Sep 2019 - 10:19 am
A hearse carrying the body of the late former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe leaves the funeral parlour for the airport in Singapore September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim
Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered 11 Sep 2019 - 09:07 am
File photo of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (C) arrives to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa meeting at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on September 5, 2019, in Cape Town. / AFP / RODGER BOSCH
Mugabe polarises Zimbabwe in death as well as in life 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm
Patriotic Front leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo prior to the opening of the British-convened Rhodesian Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House in London on September 10, 1979. AFP / UPI / Pete Skingley
African refugees held captive in Libya to go to Rwanda in coming weeks: UNHCR 10 Sep 2019 - 06:22 pm
Sudanese refugees are seen at a school in Al Dahra district in Tripoli, Libya April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
Six policemen killed in attack in Burkina Faso 10 Sep 2019 - 09:47 am
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Relatives fly to Singapore to bring Mugabe home 09 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm
A woman walks past a wall with
14 dead, 29 missing after bus overturns in Morocco floods 09 Sep 2019 - 05:39 pm
Members of the security forces search for bodies in the wreckage of bus at the banks of the Damchan river near the city of Errachidia, in the El Khank region in southern Morocco following a flood-related accident that left at least six people dead, on Sep
Can DR Congo leaders keep their pledge of free school? 08 Sep 2019 - 08:12 am
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Kenya evicts forest dwellers to save country's 'water tower' 06 Sep 2019 - 08:48 pm
Sengwer community protest over their eviction from their Embobut Forest ancestral lands by the government for forest conservation in western Kenya, April 19, 2016. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Katy Migiro
Zimbabwe ex-president Mugabe dies aged 95 06 Sep 2019 - 08:59 am
Zimbabwe's then President Robert Mugabe (L) addresses party members and supporters gathered at headquarters to show support to Grace Mugabe (R) becoming the party's next Vice President after the dismissal of Emerson Mnangagwa November 8 2017. AFP / Jekesa
South Africa tries to contain 'Afrophobia' fallout as riots upstage summit 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 pm
A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against xenophobia outside of the main gate of the South African High Commission which was shut down to avert reprisal attacks in Abuja, on September 5, 2019.  AFP / Kola Sulaimon
Tanzanian arrested with tusks from 117 elephants 05 Sep 2019 - 06:41 pm
Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, May 15, 2014. Reuters
South Africa embassy closed in Nigeria after threats - minister 05 Sep 2019 - 11:23 am
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'No safe place': South African women suffering 'epidemic' of violence, activists warn 04 Sep 2019 - 10:11 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
Six months after cyclones, Pope spotlights Mozambique's needs 04 Sep 2019 - 09:19 pm
Pope Francis attends a welcome ceremony flanked by Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi upon his arrival at the Maputo International Airport on September 4, 2019. AFP / Tiziana Fabi