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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
Pope calls US conservative attacks an 'honour' 04 Sep 2019 - 07:13 pm
Municipal workers hang the portrait of Pope Francis ahead of his visit to Madagascar, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 4, 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner
UN warns of Burundi atrocities as "divine" ruler eyes 2020 election 04 Sep 2019 - 04:18 pm
:FILE PHOTO: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives for the celebrations to mark Burundi's 55th anniversary of the independence at the Prince Louis Rwagasore stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi July 1, 2017. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo
Ramaphosa says South Africa must quell attacks on foreigners as summit starts 04 Sep 2019 - 02:29 pm
Zulu residents of the Jeppe Men Hostel scream waving batons in the Johannesburg CBD on September 3, 2019, after South Africa's financial capital was hit by a new wave of anti-foreigner violence. AFP / Michele Spatari
Disappointment for Beira cyclone victims hoping for Pope Francis visit 04 Sep 2019 - 12:14 pm
Vicar at the Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Father Alfredo Manhica (C), blesses a Rosary in Beira, central Mozambique on August 20, 2019. AFP / Marco Longari
Terror 'ghosts' wreak havoc in northern Mozambique 03 Sep 2019 - 08:17 pm
A woman holds her younger child while standing in a burned out area in the recently attacked village of Aldeia da Paz outside Macomia, on August 24, 2019.  AFP / Marco Longari
South African police arrest 90 as unrest in cities continues 03 Sep 2019 - 05:34 pm
South African police officers detain a looter in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra on September 3, 2019 after South Africa's financial capital was hit by a new wave of anti-foreigner violence.  AFP / GUILLEM SARTORIO
Kenya: 7 killed in Hell's Gate flash floods 02 Sep 2019 - 04:41 pm
Rescue team carry bodies of 7 tourists retrieved at Suswa area of Nakuru County on September 2, 2019 after they were swept by flash floods the day before inside while hiking a gorge at Hells Gate National Park in Naivasha, Nakuru. / AFP / Suleiman MBATIAH
Seven dead after 'out of nowhere' flood in Kenya 02 Sep 2019 - 03:07 pm
People mourn as Kenya Red Cross workers and volunteers retrieve the bodies of their relatives who died in flash floods while on an excursion at the Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha, Kenya September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Flash floods kill four, three missing in Kenya's Hell's Gate park -authorities 02 Sep 2019 - 08:29 am
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Village by village, the quest to stop female genital cutting in Somaliland 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
Women sit in the streets of Sanani, Somaliland on June 30, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri
Designer death? South Africa struggles to bury inequality 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
Mmaphuti Singo stands in front of some of the fauna planted through the Nasrec Memorial Park in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, where she buried her husband last year, August 8 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg.
Tanzania agrees to return Burundi refugees home, Minister says 28 Aug 2019 - 02:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burundian refugee children pose for a photograph at the Lake Tanganyika stadium in Kigoma western Tanzania, May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Uganda launches national airline with flight to Kenya 27 Aug 2019 - 05:15 pm
Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda (2R) flanked by Minister of World and Transprt Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege (2L) and the State Minister for Tourism Godfrey Kiwanda (R) take part in the launching ceremony of Uganda Airline’s maiden flight to Jomo Kenya