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Malawi says cholera crisis risks worsening after Cyclone Freddy 20 Mar 2023 - 06:17 pm
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Central Africa opens probe after 9 Chinese miners killed 20 Mar 2023 - 05:40 pm
(FILE PHOTO) Chinese President Xi Jinping. AFP / WANG ZHAO
South Africans demonstrate and call for president to resign 20 Mar 2023 - 05:16 pm
Members of the the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) stage a sit down on a street in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on March 20, 2023 during a
Gunmen kill 9 Chinese at mine in Central African Republic 19 Mar 2023 - 10:58 pm
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera.  AFP
Nigeria local elections open in shadow of contested vote 18 Mar 2023 - 01:22 pm
A voters casts his ballot at polling station for a gubernatorial and House of Assembly candidates during local elections, in Lagos, on March 18, 2023. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Army deploys across South Africa as opposition strike looms 17 Mar 2023 - 09:46 pm
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Discarded explosives in South Sudan kill 10, including kids 17 Mar 2023 - 09:00 pm
Members of the opposition troops hold weapons near their base in Thonyor, South Sudan, on April 11, 2017. File photo / AFP
Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 17 Mar 2023 - 07:08 pm
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Ghana gives state funeral honours to soccer star Atsu 17 Mar 2023 - 05:53 pm
The coffin of former Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu is seen during his funeral at the State House in Accra, Ghana, on March 17, 2023. - Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 killing more than 44,000 people in both countries. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
Death toll rises, locals pick up pieces after Cyclone Freddy 17 Mar 2023 - 03:35 pm
Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers recover a body of a victim of landslide which resulted due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone freddy during an MDF rescue operation at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi, March 16, 2023. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Burundi declares polio outbreak: WHO 17 Mar 2023 - 02:57 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 6, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Malawians dig through mud in search of bodies after Cyclone Freddy 16 Mar 2023 - 09:40 pm
A general view of the destruction caused by a mudslide which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from the effects of tropical cyclone Freddy, which left hundreds of people dead in Malawi, pictured during Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers' operation to rescue victims or recover their bodies at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Comedian Trevor Noah wins prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize 16 Mar 2023 - 06:40 pm
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Clashes in Senegal amid opposition leader's trial 16 Mar 2023 - 05:28 pm
Members of the security team of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko surrounds the vehicle he is travelling in to go to a court appearance in Dakar on March 16, 2023.  (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
Blinken on rare Niger trip as Western support dwindles in West Africa 16 Mar 2023 - 05:15 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (centre) departs for Niger from Bole International Airport, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 16, 2023. (Photo by TIKSA NEGERI / POOL / AFP)
Senegalese opposition figure barricaded by police on eve of trial 15 Mar 2023 - 08:25 pm
Opposition party supporters gather during an opposition meeting two days before Ousmane Sonko's trail in Dakar on March 14, 2023. (Photo by GUY PETERSON / AFP)
Malawi calls for international aid after cyclone 'tragedy' kills 225 15 Mar 2023 - 08:08 pm
People repatriate residents and their property from a flood affected Chimwankhunda location in Blantyre on March 14, 2023 following heavy rains caused by cyclone Freddy. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Rescuers scramble to find survivors in cyclone-hit Malawi 15 Mar 2023 - 03:30 pm
People wander in the water flooded affected Chimwankhunda location in Blantyre on March 14, 2023 following heavy rains caused by cyclone Freddy. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)