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Libya rivals ink UN-backed deal on new central bank leadership 26 Sep 2024 - 09:55 pm
President of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed Younis Menfi speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary / AFP)
Thousands mourn children killed in Kenya school fire 26 Sep 2024 - 04:33 pm
A family member of a deceased student is comforted by relatives and counsellors as she tries to touch a coffin during the memorial service for the 21 Hillside Endarasha Academy school fire victims in Mweiga on September 26, 2024. Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP
Floods threaten Niger's historic 'gateway to the desert' 26 Sep 2024 - 04:09 pm
(Files) A man walks in the vicinity of a earthen mud mosque in Agadez, in northern Niger, on April 2, 2017. (Photo by Issouf Sanogo / AFP)
US announces $424 million in new aid for displaced Sudanese at UN meeting 25 Sep 2024 - 09:02 pm
Displaced Sudanese who have returned from Ethiopia gather in a camp run by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Sudan's border town of Gallabat in the eastern state of Gadaref on September 11, 2024. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)
Ethiopia bus accident kills at least 28: officials 25 Sep 2024 - 07:12 pm
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13 migrants found dead off Tunisia: official 25 Sep 2024 - 03:26 pm
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10 died in Morocco floods that swept away bus: new toll 23 Sep 2024 - 08:50 pm
Residents walk on a flooded street in Morocco's Ouarzazate city on September 7, 2024. Photo by Abderahim ELBCIR / AFP
Cholera is spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating 23 Sep 2024 - 12:06 pm
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'Barely anyone left': Sudan's El-Fasher devastated by fighting 22 Sep 2024 - 04:48 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. School boys stand at the beginning of the new the academic year in Sudan's Red Sea State, at Wahda School west of Port Sudan, on September 16, 2024. Photo by AFP.
South Africa snowfall closes roads, strands motorists overnight 21 Sep 2024 - 03:11 pm
This aerial view taken on September 21, 2024, shows cars driving on a road next to snowfall on farmlands near Warden, Free State province, South Africa. (Photo by Wikus de Wet / AFP)
Scientists in South Africa say they have identified the first known outbreak of rabies in seals 20 Sep 2024 - 06:08 pm
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Third of Burundi mpox cases in children under five: UN 20 Sep 2024 - 03:09 pm
A man infected with Mpox lies on a bed inside a ward at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment center in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP
Mpox vaccines administered in Rwanda, first in Africa 19 Sep 2024 - 06:10 pm
A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP
Vaccine alliance secures deal for 500,000 mpox jabs for Africa 18 Sep 2024 - 01:29 pm
A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.
Zimbabwe defends elephant cull as easing drought pressure 17 Sep 2024 - 11:30 pm
File photo: A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. (Reuters)
At least eight dead after Sierra Leone building collapse 16 Sep 2024 - 11:41 pm
Rescue workers search through rubbles for survivors after a seven story building collapsed in Freetown on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Saidu Bah / AFP)
Mozambique to reduce dependence on imported medicines, says president 16 Sep 2024 - 09:26 pm
File: Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi
281 inmates escape after floods brought down prison's walls in Nigeria 16 Sep 2024 - 08:51 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP)