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Villagers kill Ebola health worker in eastern DR Congo 27 May 2019 - 03:44 pm
:FILE PHOTO: Health workers dressed in protective suits carry a Congolese woman confirmed to have Ebola as she is admitted to the Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
30 dead, 200 missing after boat sinking on Congo lake 27 May 2019 - 08:29 am
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Central Africa holds three days' mourning over massacre 23 May 2019 - 10:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian flanked by President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera looks at military supplies at the Mpoko military base in Bangui on October 31, 2016. AFP
Botswana lifts ban on big game hunting 22 May 2019 - 10:34 pm
Conservationists estimate the southern African country has around 130,000 elephants, but some lawmakers say the number is much higher and causes problems for small-scale farmers.
Somalia protests after its officials deported by Kenya 22 May 2019 - 10:00 pm
A Somali policeman stands guard along a road which was blocked to control motor vehicle traffic during a security lock down in capital Mogadishu, February 7, 2017. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Armed group kills 34 civilians in Central African Republic 22 May 2019 - 09:21 pm
The attack was the most deadly since 14 armed groups agreed a peace deal in February that was meant to bring stability to a country rocked by violence since 2013, when mainly Muslim Selaka rebels ousted the then president, prompting reprisals from mostly
Violent kidnappings-for-ransom spread across Nigeria 20 May 2019 - 11:19 pm
A view of the central business district is seen from a rooftop in Lagos, Nigeria, February 10, 2016. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
Boko Haram kills two in Nigerian refugee camp attack 19 May 2019 - 10:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A gas filling station destroyed by Boko Haram in Bama, in northeast Nigeria, where a Boko Haram insurgency displaced more than 2 million people. AFP/Stefan Heunis
Tanzania floods kill five, leave around 2,500 homeless 17 May 2019 - 12:49 pm
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Ghana cracks down on 'Western Togoland' separatist dream 15 May 2019 - 09:10 pm
A joint police and military operation cracked down this month on a group that said it was preparing to declare its own nation in the eastern Volta region bordering Togo. (AFP file photo / Khaled Desouki)
Voice of resilience: Kenyan radio builds herders' trust in drought insurance 13 May 2019 - 09:15 pm
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Ebola centre attacker killed in DRC 13 May 2019 - 02:11 pm
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Gunmen kill six in second church attack in Burkina Faso 13 May 2019 - 01:03 am
FILE PHOTO: A policeman stands guard in front of Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 17, 2016. Reuters/Joe Penney
Namibian women say #MeToo in new movement against sexual violence 12 May 2019 - 08:21 pm
#MeToo on the hand of a protester during a gathering called by the Effronte-e-s Collective on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. AFP/Bertrand Guay
ANC keeps power in South Africa but scandals cost it votes 11 May 2019 - 06:09 pm
A supporter holds a placard with the face of President of South Africa's governing African National Congress Cyril Ramaphosa, during the party's final rally at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 5, 2019. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Pho
ANC coasting to victory in South African election 11 May 2019 - 11:53 am
President of South Africa and the African National Congress Cyril Ramaphosa (C) greets a voter as he arrives to cast his vote for the general elections at the Hitekani Primary School, Chiawelo, Soweto, on May 8, 2019. AFP / Michele Spatari
Gangs to gardens: Kenyan youth shun crime to create green spaces 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Members of Komb Green Solutions pose for a picture in Korogocho, Kenya on March 27, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Thomas Bwire
Tripoli urges Trump to stop Haftar's backers meddling in Libya 10 May 2019 - 08:47 pm
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj speaks during a press conference on July 17, 2016 in Tunis (AFP)

Americas

A view of the plane which will now carry President Trump to Switzerland after Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews on January 20, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP Trump to be 'about three hours late' to Davos after plane incident: Bessent
Russia's Interior Minister Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev (R) paying tribute to Soviet internationalist soldiers by laying a floral offering at the mausoleum dedicated to these fighters as part of his visit agenda to Cuba, in Havana on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Omara GARCIA MEDEROS / ACN / AFP) Russian Interior Minister in Cuba, which faces pressure from Trump
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Natividad Martinez (R), mother of private Saul Pereira, visits his grave at the General Cemetery of the South in Caracas on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Pedro Mattey / AFP) 'It wasn't clean': Mother mourns son killed in US Maduro assault 

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Displaced Palestinians live amongst the rubble and debris of homes and businesses destroyed by the Israeli military in over two years of military strikes on the Gaza Strip enclave, drinks water from a stand pipe, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2026. Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP Cold weather, lack of access to vaccines cause record levels of disease spread in Gaza: UNRWA
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