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In Algiers, students march to demand immediate end to Bouteflika rule 02 Apr 2019 - 04:21 pm
Algerian students raise banners and placards as they take part in a demonstraion against the current government in the capital Algiers on April 2, 2019. AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Ethiopian Airlines crash report ready: foreign ministry 01 Apr 2019 - 03:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rescue teams collect bodies in bags amid debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP / Michael TEWELDE
Missing 737 sensor said to be a focus of Ethiopian crash probe 31 Mar 2019 - 08:14 pm
The cockpit of Jet Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircarft is pictured during its induction ceremony at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport in Mumbai, India, June 28, 2018. Reuters/Abhirup Roy
DR Congo towns vote in polls delayed by conflict, Ebola 31 Mar 2019 - 05:36 pm
Health workers carry a newly admitted confirmed Ebola patient into the Red zone of the Ebola treatment centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
4 hurt, 10 held in Nicaragua despite govt pledges: opposition 31 Mar 2019 - 10:37 am
An anti-government protester in traditional costume is detained by riot police during a protest against the government of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
Burundi bans BBC and suspends Voice of America, activists cry foul 30 Mar 2019 - 01:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is registered by an electoral official before casting his ballot at a polling centre during the constitutional amendment referendum at School Ecofo de Buye in Mwumba commune in Ngozi province, northern Burun
Kenya orders closure of Dadaab refugee camp this year, according to leaked UN document 29 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Somali refugees study the Quran at a school in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya December 19, 2017. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak 29 Mar 2019 - 08:36 pm
A medical staff member assists a man arriving at a cholera treatment centre set up in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 29, 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Investigators believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopian crash - WSJ 29 Mar 2019 - 09:13 am
File photo of airplane engine parts are seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Public mistrust thwarts Congo's Ebola response as cases climb 28 Mar 2019 - 06:35 pm
A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccine outside the house of a victim who died in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. Reuters/Olivia Acland
Comoros police arrest defeated presidential hopeful 28 Mar 2019 - 03:14 pm
Incumbent Comoros President Azali Assoumani greets supporters in Moroni on March 27, 2019 during celebrations for his re-election. AFP / Youssouf IBRAHIM
First cyclone, then slavery: risks abound for Mozambique children 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Children play in front of a house destroyed by the winds of cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 27, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Faeces in the kitchen: South Africans call for better sewage systems 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Residents greet workers collecting buckets of raw sewage from homes in the Ezenzeleni township, about 200 km (124 miles) south of Johannesburg, February 8, 2006. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Win for women's rights as UK puts mothers' names on marriage certificates 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
Church of England leaders also praised the change, which passed into law this week, saying the previous system demeaned women and was out of step with modern times.
Half urban population of sub-Saharan Africa still living in slums 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
A child stands behind pit latrines made of rusted iron sheets in Kibera slum within Nairobi, Kenya February 24, 2019. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Urban middle class may offer lifeline to rural Africa 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
People walk past the general post office in the central business district in Lagos January in this 2012 file photo. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
Storm-slammed Mozambique must rebuild for 'tomorrow's climate' 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
People of Buzi take shelter in the Samora M Machel secondary school used as an evacuation center in Beira Mozambique on March 21, 2019 following the Cyclone Idai. AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Crisis drives the South Africa to Zimbabwe cargo shuttle 27 Mar 2019 - 09:00 pm
Groceries and other goods stand ready on the side of the road in central Johannesburg to be transported across the border to Zimbabwe by oMalayitsha on February 20, 2019. AFP / Gulshan Khan

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