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Ethiopia says crashed jet's black boxes show similarities to Lion Air disaster 18 Mar 2019 - 07:50 am
A handout photo released on March 15, 2019 by the Office of Investigation and Analysis' (Bureau d'Enquete et d'Analyses - BEA) shows one of the two black box recorders of the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX which crashed minutes after taking off from Addis Aba
Scores dead after cyclone hits Mozambique, Zimbabwe 17 Mar 2019 - 03:39 pm
A Departures electronic panel indicating that all flights are cancelled is seen on March 14, 2019 at the Maputo International Airport in Mozambique. Mozambique suspended all domestic flights as it is hit by the largest cyclone in decade. AFP / EMIDIO JO
Ethiopians hold mass funeral ceremony for crash victims 17 Mar 2019 - 03:09 pm
Mourners of victims of the crashed accident of Ethiopian Airlines react during the mass funeral at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 17, 2019. / AFP / Michael TEWELDE
At Ethiopia flight memorial, white roses mark passing of lives 17 Mar 2019 - 10:40 am
Relatives of Ethiopia Airlines victims, who lost their lives in the crash, place flowers at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 16, 2019. Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu
Ethiopian jet asked permission to climb then vanished -source 16 Mar 2019 - 10:07 pm
A boys look as forensic investigators comb the ground for DNA evidence near a pile of twisted airplane debris at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on March 16, 2019 at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia r
Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, killing 150 16 Mar 2019 - 08:22 pm
Rain, which is believed to be the beginning of Tropical cyclone Idai coming from central Mozambique, falls in the flooded districts of Chikwawaa and Nsanje in southern Malawi, on March 15, 2019. AFP / AMOS GUMULIRA
Cyclone Idai batters Zimbabwe, at least 24 people dead 16 Mar 2019 - 12:52 pm
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More people die after Nigeria building collapse: Emergency agency official 14 Mar 2019 - 11:25 am
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3-story building collapses in Nigeria with children inside 13 Mar 2019 - 04:01 pm
Rescue workers are seen at the site of a collapsed building containing a school in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, Nigeria March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Malawi flooding death toll rises to 56, braced for Cyclone Idai 13 Mar 2019 - 03:45 pm
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At Ethiopia plane crash site, a new pilgrimage of grief 13 Mar 2019 - 03:34 pm
A Kenyan woman looks at debris of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash after a commemoration ceremony at the scene of the crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Ethiopia to send plane's Black box abroad, as grief grows 13 Mar 2019 - 11:49 am
A power shovel digs at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 11, 2019. AFP / Michael Tewelde
Heatwave threatens to slash harvests in drought-hit Zimbabwe 12 Mar 2019 - 07:17 pm
Villager Shupikai Makwavarara inspects her failing maize crop in rural Bindura near Harare, Zimbabwe March 1, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
'Cutting everything in sight': Ugandans vow to curb rampant deforestation 12 Mar 2019 - 07:17 pm
Logs felled by charcoal burners in Palaro, Gulu district, Uganda, February 13, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Liam Taylor
Violence sparks first major humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso 11 Mar 2019 - 09:15 pm
Black smoke rises as the capital of Burkina Faso came under multiple attacks on March 2, 2018 targeting the French embassy, the French cultural centre and military headquarters. (AFP/Ahmed Ouoba)
South African man escapes jaws of whale 11 Mar 2019 - 07:20 pm
The 51-year-old marine conservationist was swept into the mouth of a large Bryde's whale off the coast of the southern South African town of Port Elizabeth while filming a sardine run last month.
After Ethiopia crash horror, some nations ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s 11 Mar 2019 - 05:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX 7 taxis at Boeing Field, in Seattle, Washington. AFP / STEPHEN BRASHEAR
Chad says 400 rebels lay down arms 11 Mar 2019 - 03:27 pm
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