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South Africa’s Gordhan says relations with Zuma very good 19 Oct 2016 - 05:59 pm
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Death toll in attack on southern Somali town rises to 11 19 Oct 2016 - 11:20 am
Security forces stand at the SYL hotel that was partly destroyed following a car bomb claimed by al Shabaab Islamist militants outside the president's palace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Photo: Reuters.
Chibok girls freed by Nigeria's Boko Haram risk rejection back home - experts 18 Oct 2016 - 08:21 pm
Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (not seen) and Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed (not seen) welcome some of the freed Chibok school girls at the state House in Abuja, Nigeria on October 13, 2016. Twenty-one of the Ch
Nigeria, Mali, Somalia listed 'epicenters' of terrorism 18 Oct 2016 - 05:30 pm
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At least 60 killed as fighting surges in South Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 02:15 pm
Peacekeeping forces deployed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) patrol outside the premises of the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba, South Sudan, October 4, 2016. (Photo by AFP)
Attack on Niger prison foiled: interior minister 17 Oct 2016 - 01:49 pm
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At least 56 rebels killed in weekend fighting in S.Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 12:44 pm
MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN - OCTOBER 16: Soldiers linked to Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) take security measures after they clashed with opponent groups, at the Lalo village of the Malakal city in South Sudan on October 16, 2016. ( Bullen Chol - Anadolu
11 dead, 50,000 displaced in week of Somali bloodshed: UN 15 Oct 2016 - 03:38 pm
A Somali policeman walks at the scene of an explosion outside the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the capital Mogadishu, July 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta/File Photo.
Nine arrested after South Africa police, students clash again in Johannesburg 15 Oct 2016 - 12:00 pm
South African policemen deploy in the Braamfontein district of Johannesburg on October 14, 2016 during riots involving university students protesting over planned hikes in tuition fees. / AFP / MUJAHID SAFODIEN
US aid worker kidnapped in Niger - town mayor 15 Oct 2016 - 11:14 am
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150 nations agree major deal in Rwanda to cut greenhouse gases 15 Oct 2016 - 08:19 am
US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he delivers a speech during the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Kigali, on October 14, 2016. AFP / CYRIL NDEGEYA
Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls: Nigerian government 13 Oct 2016 - 07:23 pm
This video grab image created on August 14, 2016 taken from a video released on youtube purportedly by Islamist group Boko Haram showing what is claimed to be one of the groups fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidna
Women climb Africa's highest mountain to call for land rights 13 Oct 2016 - 03:04 pm
Mount Kilimanjaro is seen behind maasai women carrying firewood outside Amboseli National Park, southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi, March 26, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Kenya Airways to stop ticket sales unless pilots drop strike threat 13 Oct 2016 - 09:55 am
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8 killed, 15 injured as bomb hits Nigeria's Maiduguri 12 Oct 2016 - 04:06 pm
People gather at the site of a car blast in Maiduguri, northeast Borno State in Nigeria, on October 12, 2016 where 8 people were killed and dozen injured. / AFP / STRINGER.
Burundi lawmakers vote to withdraw from ICC 12 Oct 2016 - 03:02 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on July 30, 2015 shows members of Burundi's National Assembly attending a parliament session in Bujumbura during the election of its executive members./ AFP / Landry NSHIMIYE
Violent college protests spread to South Africa's Cape Town 12 Oct 2016 - 02:33 pm
he students had been trying to force their way into the college’s administration office to speak to Vice Chancellor Prins Nevhutalu.
South Sudan rebel leader heads to South Africa for medical tests 12 Oct 2016 - 09:46 am
File photo of South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar. Reuters

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US President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on September 7, 2025. Trump is heading to New York to attend the US Open men's tennis final. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump heads to US Open in latest high-profile sport outing
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office in Washington. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) 88 postal operators worldwide suspend services to US over tariffs
Passengers wait to board a Southwest flight in Dallas on Dec. 25, 2022, after the flight was delayed six hours because of a shortfall of flight attendants. The flight was then canceled. Photo credit: John McDonnell/The Washington Post Biden-era plan for airlines to compensate fliers for disruptions is axed
US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order next to the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump signs order rebranding Pentagon as 'Department of War'

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The Saudi organisation's president Abdullah Al Rabeeah. Pic: X / KSrelief Saudi launches Damascus area reconstruction project
Palestinians fleeing south, ride vehicles with their belongings, on the coastal road near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP) GCC condemns Israeli calls to displace Palestinians from their land
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Peninsula GCC Ministerial Council welcomes Qatar's mediation efforts, hosting of 'Declaration of Principles' signing between Congo govt, M23 Movement

Middle East

Brazilian activist Thiago Avila speaks to the crowd of pro-Palestinian activists that arrived to greet the Global Sumud Flottila at the port of the village of Sidi Bou Said on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Yassine Mahjoub / AFP) More than 1,000 welcome Gaza-bound aid boats in Tunisia
An injured man carries a toddler as others search for their belongings amid the rubble, in the al-Farabi school turned shelter for displaced Palestinians, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) Casualties mount in Gaza with 87 killed, 409 injured in 24 hours
First responders and onlookers gather in front of a bridge under construction, after a section of it collapsed, killing two people and injuring others, in Karbala in southern Iraq late on September 6, 2025. Photo by Salman AMIN / AFP Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq: rescuers
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