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World / Africa

Cyclone slams into Madagascar, at least three dead 08 Mar 2017 - 04:44 pm
Photo Credit: @ErwanGelebart/Twitter
Kenyan government withdraws offer to striking doctors 08 Mar 2017 - 10:55 am
Photo: AA.
Ex-head of Gambia's prisons charged over disappearances 07 Mar 2017 - 08:50 pm
David Colley ran the prisons nearly nonstop from 1997 onward under Yahya Jammeh, the longtime leader of the west African state, who was forced out of power in January after a contested election. (Phioto courtesy: jollofnews.com)
Nigerian capital's airport closes for 6 weeks 07 Mar 2017 - 01:17 pm
File Photo: Reuters.
Nigerian ex-governor jailed for contract fraud 07 Mar 2017 - 12:31 pm
Photo: AA.
Up to 55 'missing' after gunmen attack in South Sudan 07 Mar 2017 - 12:26 pm
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UN chief Guterres in Somalia to discuss famine threat 07 Mar 2017 - 10:51 am
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, pictured in February 2017, will be visiting Kenya, a key country in the peace efforts taking place in Somalia and South Sudan (AFP Photo/Fabrice COFFRINI).
Attack in Mali Leaves 11 Soldiers Killed, 5 Injured 06 Mar 2017 - 05:44 pm
Peninsula
Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya 06 Mar 2017 - 05:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: Kenya Wildlife Services rangers stand guard around illegal stockpiles of burning elephant tusks, ivory figurines and rhinoceros horns at the Nairobi National Park on April 30, 2016 (AFP)
Sudan rebels release over 130 army captives 05 Mar 2017 - 12:23 pm
Photo: AA.
Notorious Tanzanian ivory trafficker jailed 05 Mar 2017 - 11:58 am
An elephant grazes at the Amboseli National Park on October 7, 2013. A Tanzanian court sentenced Boniface Matthew Maliango to 12 years in prison for trafficking illegal ivory. FILE PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP.
Kenya: Wildlife officer, 4 poachers killed in shootout 05 Mar 2017 - 11:52 am
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Somalia: At least 110 dead due to famine in 48 hours 05 Mar 2017 - 11:45 am
Peninsula
UN report shows North Korea using Africa to slip sanctions 04 Mar 2017 - 06:26 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and planted trees with its students on Thursday, the Tree-planting Day, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 3, 2017.
Gambia's Barrow allows coup plotters back into army 04 Mar 2017 - 05:09 pm
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Boko Haram 'employs child suicide bombers' in Cameroon 04 Mar 2017 - 11:18 am
Photo: AA.
Zimbabwe journalists arrested over Mugabe article 04 Mar 2017 - 10:56 am
Photo: AA.
South African leader explains land expropriation 04 Mar 2017 - 10:50 am
Photo: AA.